Burkina Faso has expelled three French diplomats for 'subversive activities', according to a foreign ministry note seen by AFP on Thursday, in a further sign of mounting tensions between the African state and its former colonial master.
Burkina Faso has expelled three French diplomats for"subversive activities", according to a foreign ministry note seen by AFP on Thursday, in a further sign of mounting tensions between the Africa n state and its former colonial master.
The French ambassador was withdrawn after the takeover, Burkina Faso cancelled a 1961 military accord between the two countries, ordered a withdrawal of French troops and turned increasingly to Russia for security support. France has ended anti-jihadist military missions in Mali and Burkina Faso and more recently began to withdraw forces from Niger – all three countries where juntas now rule following coups.
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