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With France’s military influence in Africa gone, can it rely on soft power?
French troops completed their withdrawal from Chad this week before a January 31 deadline, the latest blow to France’s ...
A French journalist recounts 711 days of captivity as a hostage of Islamic extremists in Mali
Olivier Dubois, a French journalist, was kidnapped by JNIM, a branch of al-Qaida in Africa’s Sahel region, while on his way ...
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Liberia: Burkina Faso, Mali, and Niger’s Withdrawal from ECOWAS Takes Effect
The withdrawal of Burkina Faso, Mali, and Niger from the Economic Community of West African States (ECOWAS) has officially ...
ECOWAS pledges to ‘keep door open’ after 3 coup-hit West African nations exit regional bloc
The three junta-led West African nations withdrawal is the culmination of a yearlong process during which the grouping tried ...
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Burkina Faso, Mali and Niger officially leave W.Africa bloc
Junta-led countries Mali, Niger and Burkina Faso officially left West Africa's main political and trade group ECOWAS on ...
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Burkina Faso, Mali, and Niger officially exit ECOWAS
Burkina Faso, Mali, and Niger have officially withdrawn from the Economic Community of West African States (ECOWAS), marking ...
France’s military withdrawal presents opportunities and risks to West African states
France’s military withdrawals provide West African states with a long overdue opportunity to assert their sovereignty. But ...
Colonial-era wigs were never part of Burkina Faso’s courtroom attire
Amid a decade-long push by African countries to abolish colonial-era wigs in judicial systems, posts have surfaced online ...
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Burkina Faso Joins Chad, Senegal in Criticising Macron’s Comments on Africa | Firstpost Africa
France has faced major setbacks in Africa in recent months. Mali, Niger, Burkina Faso, Chad, Senegal and Ivory Coast have all ousted France from their territory. France has also been at odds with ...
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Burkina Faso bans use of colonial wigs in courts
Under his leadership, Burkina Faso has distanced itself from France, a former colonial power and longtime ally. Burkina Faso’s military government publicly declared the termination of its ...
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Burkina Faso Church feeding displaced and destitute Christians
A Catholic charity has made it possible for a diocese in Burkina Faso to provide six months' basic food supply to impoverished IDPs (internally displaced persons). Bishop Joseph Sama of Nouna has ...
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France's Macron ‘insulting all Africans,' says Burkina Faso president
France exists today thanks to our ancestors ... voicing regret that many of his peers "had not yet understood this." Burkina Faso has been under army rule since January 2022.