More African states quit French union

Mali, Burkina Faso, and Niger claim the International Organization of Francophone Nations is a tool for “political manipulation”

Burkina Faso and Mali have withdrawn from the International Organization of Francophone Nations (OIF), following the example of their West African neighbor Niger, which had earlier announced its departure from the Paris-based group.

The Burkinabe government claimed that the OIF has deviated from its original...