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Eight countries and territories added to U.S. travel ban list

Daily Telegraph NZ -

U.S. President Donald Trump has moved to widen America’s travel ban, announcing new entry restrictions on citizens from eight additional jurisdictions. The measures are due...

Three more nations are ditching the ICC – here’s why

Egountchi Behanzin -

When leaders of Sahel states speak of ‘foreign sponsors of destabilization’, they are referring directly to France, the UK, the US, and NATO. Late last...

Burkina Faso bans homosexuality

Daily Telegraph NZ -

Behaviours promoting same-sex practices are now punishable with up to five years in prison in Burkina Faso. Burkina Faso’s lawmakers have passed a law on...

More African states quit French union

Daily Telegraph NZ -

Mali, Burkina Faso, and Niger claim the International Organization of Francophone Nations is a tool for “political manipulation”. Burkina Faso and Mali have withdrawn from...

Three African states move to launch federation

Daily Telegraph NZ -

The foreign ministers of Burkina Faso, Mali, and Niger are seeking to expand their new partnership. The foreign ministers of Burkina Faso, Mali, and Niger...

Former French colonies create military alliance

Daily Telegraph NZ -

Mali, Niger, and Burkina Faso have signed a Sahel security pact. The military governments of three African states, which all deposed their Western-backed leaders in...

Africa in rebellion: Is a second anti-colonial liberation on the horizon?

Denis Rogatyuk -

After a series of coups, one country after another is moving to expel the traces of former empires. Africa is the cradle of human civilization...

France agrees to withdraw from former colony

Daily Telegraph NZ -

French troops will leave Burkina Faso at the insistence of Ouagadougou. The French government announced on Wednesday that its troops will leave Burkina Faso within...

Watch: Protesters besiege French Embassy

Daily Telegraph NZ -

Burkina Faso’s military junta has accused France of sheltering the country's ousted former-leader. Crowds of protesters tried to storm the French Embassy in Burkina Faso's...