France bans cultural venues from collaborating with artists from Mali, Niger and Burkina Faso

Performing arts industry in France was in a state of shock on Thursday, September 14 , as the crisis between France and Niger , Mali and Burkina Faso took its toll on an artistic territory that could have done with more support instead.

"We've never had an injunction like this before," says Bruno Lobé , vice president of the SYNDEAC .