Burkina Faso’s President Ibrahim Traoré has banned the use of British and French colonial-style wigs by judges, marking a significant move to decolonise the country’s judicial system.
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BURKINA FASO: Constitutionally Drops French As Official Language
The Burkinabe government adopted on Wednesday a bill revising the Constitution and henceforth enshrining national languages as official languages in place of French which is relegated to the rank of “working language”.
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NAMIBIA: Germany Apologize For Genocide Of Colonial Era With €1.1bn Development Aid
The German government has admitted responsibility and apologized to the Namibian government for the genocide of tens of thousands of Ovaherero and Nama people between 1904 and 1908 during the colonialization era.
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NIGERIA: Netherlands Return Smuggled ‘Priceless’ Artefact Without A Word On The ‘Smugglers’
Nigeria have finally taken delivery of a 600 years-old artefact believed to have been smuggled out of the South West city of Ile-Ife through Ghana from the Netherlands.
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BARBADOS: Nation Set To Declare Republic By Removing Queen As Head Of State
The process to make Barbados a republic by removing Queen Elizabeth II as its head of state has begun with a date set for November next year according to prime minister Mia Mottley.
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