Burkina Faso: Authorities warn high school graduates criticizing their study conditions

Burkina Faso’s higher education minister, Adjima Thiombiano, responded in Ouagadougou on November 2, 2026, to criticism from young diaspora graduates who had returned to study in the country. Videos and statements attributed to the students, including some who returned from Côte d’Ivoire, reportedly criticized university conditions and disparaged the country. Thiombiano urged citizens to uphold order and discipline, saying those unhappy with the country could return from where they came. He called the students’ conduct “very deplorable” and warned that campuses would not welcome them.