Ibrahim Traoré, the leader of Burkina Faso, has banned judges from donning wigs that are symbolic of colonial French and British outfits. Colonial-era wigs have long been associated with foreign ...

Amid a decade-long push by African countries to abolish colonial-era wigs in judicial systems, posts have surfaced online claiming Burkina Faso’s President Captain Ibrahim Traore has officially ...

Burkina Faso’s President Ibrahim Traoré has banned the use of British and French colonial-style wigs by judges, marking a significant move to decolonise the country’s judicial system.

In Burkina Faso, for example, Capt. Ibrahim Traore last month banned judges from wearing colonial-era wigs. Earlier on, as part of sweeping reforms aimed at the full Africanisation of the country ...