2023-09-15 18:18:00
“Burkina Faso expels the military attaché of the French embassy for subversion. The military attaché of the French embassy in Burkina Faso, Emmanuel Pasquier, and the staff of the French military office in Ouagadougou have two weeks to leave Burkina Faso,” published the half citing his own source.
Likewise, he specified that the military mission of Burkina Faso in Paris has been closed since September 14.
On January 24, 2022, rebels in Burkina Faso, led by Lt. Col. Paul-Henri Sandaogo Damibathey took power in the name of the Patriotic Movement for Safeguarding and Restoration (MPSR), dismissed the president Roch Kaboré (2015-2022), they dissolved the Government and suspended the Constitution.
A week later, the coup plotters announced the restoration of all constitutional clauses that did not contradict the Fundamental Act, a document published by them to “guarantee the continuity of the State pending the establishment of transitional bodies.”
On September 30, a group of soldiers, led by Army Captain Ibrahim Traoreoverthrew Damiba.
In addition to the dismissal of Damiba, the coup plotters – who claim to belong to the MPSR, like the lieutenant colonel – announced the suspension of the Constitution, the dissolution of the Government and the closure of the borders until further notice.
In January 2023, Burkina Faso officially ended all French-led operations on its territory, where French forces were present under a 2018 agreement under which Paris would help Ouagadougou combat Islamist militant groups.
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