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  "path": "/thought-leader/opinion/2026-04-22-burkina-faso-is-right-to-regulate-ngos/",
  "publishedAt": "2026-04-22T04:00:00.000Z",
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  "tags": [
    "Opinion",
    "Thought Leader",
    "Al Jazeera",
    "Amnesty International",
    "Burkina Faso",
    "constitutionalism",
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  "textContent": "The West does not have a moral claim over African security. African states retain the right to choose partners according to their own historical interests. A multipolar world means nothing if African states must still ask Western permission before selecting allies, building armies, nationalising resources, regulating NGOs or rejecting political models that serve foreign capital more than African people",
  "title": "Burkina Faso is right to regulate NGOs"
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