Burkina Faso’s junta suspends nearly a thousand associations amid anti-terrorism financing drive

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Le président de la transition burkinabè, Ibrahim Traoré. © Présidence du Faso

In a significant move, the Burkinabè authorities have suspended 811 organizations for alleged “non-renewal of their governing bodies” and formally dissolved an additional 118 since mid-April. These measures, impacting nearly a thousand associations in Burkina Faso, were justified by

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