Niger and Burkina Faso Announce Their Exit from the Francophonie Organization

The governments of Niger and Burkina Faso have formally announced their withdrawal from the International Organization of La Francophonie (OIF). Both nations, currently led by transitional governments, made their decisions public through official channels. Niger, where the OIF was founded in 1970, and Burkina Faso are both former French colonies where French remains the official…

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