Burkina Faso’s military junta has approved a law requiring every Burkinabè student wishing to pursue higher education abroad to obtain prior government authorization. Those perceived as enemies of the junta are likely never to receive authorization.

List of countries Jews occupied: Israel List of countries Muslims occupied: Afghanistan Albania Algeria Azerbaijan Bahrain Bangladesh Bosnia and Herzegovina Brunei Burkina Faso Chad Cocos (Keeling) Islands Comoros Djibouti Egypt Gambia Guinea Indonesia Iran Iraq Jordan Kazakhstan Kosovo Kuwait Kyrgyzstan Lebanon Libya Malaysia Maldives Mali Mauritania Mayotte Morocco Niger Oman Pakistan Palestine Qatar Saudi Arabia Senegal Sierra Leone Somalia Sudan Syria Tajikistan Tunisia Turkey Turkmenistan United Arab Emirates Uzbekistan Western Sahara Yemen

"No religion above the nation! Sharia will NEVER be the law of Burkina Faso!" In a powerful and uncompromising speech, Captain Ibrahim Traoré has drawn a firm line on Burkina Faso's identity: the State comes first — always. Key Highlights from Traoré's Strong Message: Burkina Faso remains a sovereign and secular nation. No religion is above the country — the authority of the State takes absolute precedence over any religious ideology. Sharia law will never be adopted as the nation’s legal system. Burkina Faso belongs to ALL its citizens, regardless of faith. Zero tolerance for religious extremism — no room for anyone trying to impose extremist ideologies or divide the nation. Traoré also raised concerns about hundreds of young Burkinabè studying Sharia law in Saudi Arabia instead of technical or vocational skills, warning they should not return with plans to push such agendas back home.

"They cannot safely flee. They cannot safely stay, and they cannot safely speak." At a hearing on "Civilian Harm under Military Rule in the Central Sahel," HRW's @CarineNantulya speaks about the worsening human rights situation across Burkina Faso, Mali, and Niger.

After announcing his international retirement in August, Lionel Messi will have his “last dance” with Argentina’s national team in a friendly match against Benin in Buenos Aires on October 6. The match against Benin — not the glitziest opponent, but one that should at least guarantee Messi a winning send-off — will be his 208th and final international appearance. He will fancy his chances of adding to his 125 goals for Argentina in front of, potentially, all of their 2022 World Cup-winning squad and their families. It will be one of three scheduled matches for Argentina this international window. They also face Burkina Faso at Estadio Monumental three days prior to the Benin game, and Bolivia in Cordoba on September 30. 📝 @TansleyEduardo 🔗

🇹🇩 🇫🇷 | French military officers and trainers have returned to Chad, 14 months after the Central African country tore up its defense pact with its former colonial ruler and ordered its soldiers out, according to reporting and analysis by the Institute for Security Studies. French personnel have been on the ground since April, the ISS said, providing training, intelligence and limited air support to Chadian forces. No new treaty has been signed. No ceremony marked the return. Neither Paris nor N'Djamena has publicly confirmed the arrangement, and France maintains no permanent base in the country. Chad ended its defense cooperation agreement with France in November 2024, giving Paris weeks to withdraw. About 1,000 French troops had left by the end of January 2025, closing a military presence that had run without interruption since independence in 1960. President Mahamat Idriss Deby Itno hailed the departure at the time as "a new sunrise for a fully sovereign Chad" — language that placed N'Djamena alongside Mali, Burkina Faso and Niger, which had each pushed out French forces in the preceding two years. The renewed cooperation includes French intelligence on what the ISS describes as "politico-military groups" — the term used in Chad for armed opposition to the government. The arrangement has taken shape during a sustained squeeze on Deby's opponents. In May, the Supreme Court dissolved the country's main opposition coalition and jailed eight of its leaders. They were pardoned this month.

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2025 global births by county (top 50): 1. 🇮🇳 India: 23.1M 2. 🇨🇳 China: 8.7M 3. 🇳🇬 Nigeria: 7.6M 4. 🇵🇰 Pakistan: 6.9M 5. 🇨🇩 DR Congo: 4.6M 6. 🇮🇩 Indonesia: 4.4M 7. 🇪🇹 Ethiopia: 4.2M 8. 🇺🇸 United States: 3.7M 9. 🇧🇩 Bangladesh: 3.4M 10. 🇧🇷 Brazil: 2.5M 11. 🇪🇬 Egypt: 2.5M 12. 🇹🇿 Tanzania: 2.4M 13. 🇲🇽 Mexico: 2.0M 14. 🇵🇭 Philippines: 1.8M 15. 🇺🇬 Uganda: 1.7M 16. 🇸🇩 Sudan: 1.7M 17. 🇰🇪 Kenya: 1.5M 18. 🇦🇫 Afghanistan: 1.5M 19. 🇦🇴 Angola: 1.4M 20. 🇾🇪 Yemen: 1.4M 21. 🇻🇳 Vietnam: 1.3M 22. 🇲🇿 Mozambique: 1.3M 23. 🇷🇺 Russia: 1.2M 24. 🇮🇶 Iraq: 1.2M 25. 🇿🇦 South Africa: 1.2M 26. 🇳🇪 Niger: 1.1M 27. 🇮🇷 Iran: 1.1M 28. 🇹🇷 Turkey: 1.1M 29. 🇲🇬 Madagascar: 1.0M 30. 🇨🇮 Côte d’Ivoire: 1.0M 31. 🇲🇱 Mali: 987K 32. 🇨🇲 Cameroon: 981K 33. 🇺🇿 Uzbekistan: 911K 34. 🇹🇩 Chad: 907K 35. 🇬🇭 Ghana: 898K 36. 🇲🇲 Myanmar: 888K 37. 🇩🇿 Algeria: 855K 38. 🇸🇴 Somalia: 822K 39. 🇯🇵 Japan: 748K 40. 🇧🇫 Burkina Faso: 742K 41. 🇿🇲 Zambia: 709K 42. 🇩🇪 Germany: 708K 43. 🇨🇴 Colombia: 693K 44. 🇲🇼 Malawi: 685K 45. 🇬🇧 UK: 680K 46. 🇫🇷 France: 635K 47. 🇲🇦 Morocco: 619K 48. 🇸🇾 Syria: 601K 49. 🇹🇭 Thailand: 572K 50. 🇸🇦 Saudi Arabia: 565K Nigeria alone had 1M more births than the entire Europe