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 ...

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 ...