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Burkina Faso’s military government demands French troops leave the country within one month




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Military government of Burkina Faso ordered French troops to leave the country, according to the government press service Agence d’Information du Burkina (AIB).

France has exactly one month to withdraw its troops Burkina Fasounder the terms of the 2018 agreement, the AIB reported, citing sources.

The military government “rejected last Wednesday the agreement, effective from 2018, the presence of the French Armed Forces on its territory,” the AIB reported on Saturday.

France still has 400 special forces stationed in Burkina Faso, according to Reutersto help fight Islamic militants linked to al Qaeda and the Islamic State after year of violence in the area.

On Friday, residents of the capital Ouagadougou took to the streets to protest against the presence of French troops in the country.

People demand the withdrawal of French troops from Burkina Faso during a protest in Ouagadougou on January 20, 2023.

Video from the protest showed protesters carrying the slogans “French Army get out of our house” and “Friendly Burkina Russia”.

Some protesters carried the national flags of Burkina Faso and Russia.

In December, Ghanaian President Nana Akufo-Addo said the Burkina Faso military government had invited mercenaries from the Russian private military group, Wagner.

Burkina Faso’s Deputy Minister for Regional Cooperation Jean Marie Traoré called the claims “very serious” during a press conference on December 16 after the government summoned the Ghanaian ambassador.

France – the former colonial power – for the first time in the Sahel in January 2013 at Mali’s request and launched Operation Serval, a United Nations-approved ground and air campaign against Islamist militants.

The mission was succeeded in August 2014 by Operation Barkhane, a broader French counter-terrorism initiative targeting Muslims across the Sahel, including in Burkina Faso.

French President Emmanuel Macron announced in June 2021 that the mission would be replaced by a more international effort and Western troops. started withdrawing from Mali last February although they are still in Burkina Faso.

On January 24, 2022, Burkina Faso’s army came to power, deposed former President Roch Kaboré, and dissolved the government and parliament.

The military suspended the constitution and closed the border. Lieutenant Colonel Paul-Henri Damiba was appointed as the new leader of the West African nation.

However, Damiba’s time in power was short-lived as he was ousted from the head of state in a coup in October 2022. Army captain Ibrahim Traoré was later appointed as the new president of the country.

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