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Burkina Faso increases debt, dependence on foreign aid despite sovereignty rhetoric
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Burkina Faso increases debt, dependence on foreign aid despite sovereignty rhetoric

Since 2022, Burkinabe leaders have consistently claimed independence from foreign aid. Official data from their own ministries tells a very different story. At the 2023 Russia-Africa summit, Ibrahim Traoré, President of Burkina Faso, challenged African leaders when he said, “Why do our heads of state travel the world begging?” About two years later, in September […]

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