UN urges Burkina Faso junta to reverse political party ban
[NigerianEye - Nigeria] - 5/02/2026
The United Nations rights chief called on Thursday on the Burkina Faso government to halt all repression of civic space and to overturn its plan to prohibit all political parties.The junta running the West African nation said last week it planned to dissolve all political parties, whose activities have been suspended since the military rulers seized power in 2022.“Instead of banning political parties and jailing people for expressing their opinions, the authorities in Burkina Faso need to open up space for civil society, including humanitarian actors,” Volker Turk said in a statement.They (…)
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