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BRAHIM TRAORÉ SUSPENDED
THE MISS BURKINA FASO CONTESTS
AND REPLACED THEM WITH A
SCIENTIFIC WOMEN’S COMPETITION.
TRUVISION AFRICA
EMPOWERING AFRICA
THROUGH KNOWLEDGE,
SCIENCE AND OPPORTUNITY.
A NEW AFRICA
IS POSSIBLE.

So Captain Ibrahim Traoré's government shelved national beauty pageants, including Miss Burkina Faso, to align cultural events with national values, promote "scientific" empowerment, and break away from Western or colonial standards. Amazing that this guy is still alive. Of course we all remember what happened to Thomas Sankara before Traoré in 1987.