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🇧🇫Disappearances, expulsion, self-censorship and even conscription are some of the dire threats facing reporters in Burkina Faso. Patrick Egwu spoke to journalists and experts on how press freedom has declined since the military takeover in 2022. https://buff.ly/3PH23Z1

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#Burkina Faso, a nation that once prided itself on tolerance and peaceful interethnic relations, is now home to one of the deadliest conflicts in West Africa. www.nytimes.com/2024/12/15/w...

À Téra (Niger), 21 civils tués dans une attaque contre des véhicules de transport le 5 décembre par des hommes armés www.lemonde.fr/afrique/arti...

Sweden’s brain waste problem: how the social welfare state locks migrant professionals out of the workforce unbiasthenews.org/brain-waste-...

Niger : l’armée américaine annonce avoir achevé son retrait

São Tomé and Príncipe strengthens military ties with Russia macaonews.org/news/lusofon...

‘Russia’s African lab’: How Putin won over Burkina Faso after French adieu aje.io/7prpa8

This is how much west African countries depend on Russia for wheat. www.datawrapper.de/_/lFQLj/?v=5

Mapping Chinese Loans to Africa, based on data from the Boston university Global development policy center.

Mapping school closures in Burkina Faso. In May 2023, almost one million pupils were affected by the security crisis that the country has been facing since 2015.