[HRW] Nairobi -- AU Should Urge Burkina Faso, Mali, Niger to Reconsider Leaving Court

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[DW] The West African states, led by military juntas, said they don't recognize the International Criminal Court's jurisdiction and want to create "indigenous mechanisms" to secure peace and justice.

[People's Dispatch] Advisor to the Burkinabé Prime Minister refutes the idea that Sahel countries are exchanging French imperialism for another.

[People's Dispatch] Accusing the Court of selective targeting and incompetence in "prosecuting established war crimes, crimes against humanity, [and] genocide", the AES announced its exit, months after deciding to establish the Sahelian Criminal and ...

[African Arguments] The political drama unfolding in Burkina Faso feels ripped from the headlines. The expulsion of French troops, the pivot to Russia, the fiery speeches by Captain Ibrahim Traoré at global forums--it is a powerful spectacle of ...

[MFWA] Journalists Adama Bayala and Alain Traoré, also known as "Alain Alain," have been released after they went missing under unexplained circumstances. After more than a year of no information on their whereabouts and no contact with their fa...

[allAfrica] Burkina Faso has scrapped visa fees for all African travellers in a move to boost the free movement of people and goods across the continent. Security Minister Mahamadou Sana said that any citizen from an African country wishing to go to ...

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[HRW] Adopt Measures to Improve Protection; AU Should Press for Accountability

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[HRW] Junta Leader Should Send New Family Law Back to Assembly for Revision

[RFI] Burkina Faso has joined a growing list of African nations tightening laws against same-sex relations, with an extensive new code set to reshape family and nationality rules.