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Burkina Faso and Mali have withdrawn from the International Organization of Francophone Nations (OIF), following the example of their West African neighbor Niger, which had earlier announced its departure from the Paris-based union.
The Burkinabe government justified its decision to leave the OIF by claiming that it had deviated from its original mission of promoting cultural and technical cooperation and had become a biased tool of “political manipulation.”
“Burkina Faso cannot continue its cooperation with an institution that no longer meets its legitimate expectations in terms of justice, equality, and fairness,” according to an official statement dated Tuesday, state-owned broadcaster AIB reported on Wednesday.
Earlier this week, Niamey said it “has independently decided to withdraw Niger from the…
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