Burkina Faso Puts Study Abroad Under Junta Control

By Human Rights Watch

Click to expand Image Students outside the University Thomas Sankara near the capital, Ouagadougou, Burkina Faso, October 15, 2021. © 2021 Issouf Sanogo/AFP via Getty Images Burkina Faso’s military junta has approved a law requiring every Burkinabè student wishing to pursue higher education abroad—whether funded by a government scholarship or through private means—to obtain prior authorization from the Ministry of Higher Education.The Council of Ministers adopted the decree on June 25, but it has yet to go into effect. The government has presented the measure as part of a broader…

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