Burkina Faso dissolves more than 100 NGOs and civil society groups

Amnesty International calls Traore government’s move a ‘flagrant attack’ on basic rights. Burkina Faso’s military government has ordered the dissolution of more than 100 associations and civil society groups –…

Senegal’s Faye dissolves parliament and sets elections for November

The president, citing reform roadblocks, said working with the opposition-led assembly had become difficult. Senegal’s President Bassirou Diomaye Faye has dissolved the opposition-led parliament, paving the way for snap elections…