lgbtq_plus·LGBTQ+bySunshine Burkina Faso passes law banning homosexualityhttps://www.thepinknews.com/2025/09/02/burkina-faso-homosexuality-banned/Open linkView original on piefed.ca63Comments13
RRose replylemmy.zipMore recently, it's been a major target of a Russian influence campaign. Russia also has a military presence there via Wagner.5
llemmyknow replylemmy.today6Hide 6 repliesOotl, what does the British empire got to do with Burkina Faso banning homosexuality?4
knightly the Sneptaur replypawb.social5Hide 5 repliesMost problems in Africa can be traced back to either the English or the French.15
katy ✨ replypiefed.blahaj.zone1Hide 1 replyi think a large part of the problems also stem from being a deeply religious and fundamentalist majority too, though.8
алсааас [she/her] replylemmy.dbzer0.com1Hide 1 replyLeast racist and xenophobic homo-nationalist liberal12
alleycat replyfeddit.org Glad to see that BF also has some of the lowest life expectancy rates in the world. Deserved. :) Weird take considering that the new law is pushed onto the people by a military dictatorship.10
JJim East slrpnk.netI wonder how many people want to get out and just don't know where they can go or how to get there...7
Sigh...
Fuck the British empire.
Actually, Burkina Faso was colonized by the French.
More recently, it's been a major target of a Russian influence campaign. Russia also has a military presence there via Wagner.
Ootl, what does the British empire got to do with Burkina Faso banning homosexuality?
Most problems in Africa can be traced back to either the English or the French.
i think a large part of the problems also stem from being a deeply religious and fundamentalist majority too, though.
... Which was imparted onto them by the British and the French.
Come on now, let's be honest: Belgium did a lot too.
Most problems can be traced back to either the English or the French.
Least racist and xenophobic homo-nationalist liberal
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Weird take considering that the new law is pushed onto the people by a military dictatorship.
I wonder how many people want to get out and just don't know where they can go or how to get there...