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Burkina Faso passes law banning homosexuality

https://www.thepinknews.com/2025/09/02/burkina-faso-homosexuality-banned/
NickwithaC - 3mon

Sigh...

Fuck the British empire.

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acargitz - 3mon

Actually, Burkina Faso was colonized by the French.

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Rose @lemmy.zip - 3mon

More recently, it's been a major target of a Russian influence campaign. Russia also has a military presence there via Wagner.

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lemmyknow @lemmy.today - 3mon

Ootl, what does the British empire got to do with Burkina Faso banning homosexuality?

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knightly the Sneptaur - 3mon

Most problems in Africa can be traced back to either the English or the French.

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katy ✨ - 3mon

i think a large part of the problems also stem from being a deeply religious and fundamentalist majority too, though.

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NickwithaC - 3mon

... Which was imparted onto them by the British and the French.

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thaklor @lemmy.world - 3mon

Come on now, let's be honest: Belgium did a lot too.

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Hupf @feddit.org - 3mon

Most problems can be traced back to either the English or the French.

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Jim East - 3mon

I wonder how many people want to get out and just don't know where they can go or how to get there...

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