The military government of Burkina Faso has demanded the departure of French colors from the country, according to the government press agency Agence d’Information du Burkina( AIB). France has exactly one month to remove its colors from Burkina Faso, according to the terms of the 2018 agreement, AIB reported, citing sources. The military government “ denounced last Wednesday, the agreement which has governed since 2018, the presence of the French Armed Forces on its home ” AIB reported Saturday.
France still has 400 special forces grounded in Burkina Faso, according to Reuters, to help fight Islamist zealots linked to al Qaeda and the Islamic State after times of violence in the region. On Friday, residents in the capital Ouagadougou took to the thoroughfares to protest the presence of French colors in the country. In December, Ghanaian President, Nana Akufo- Addo said the Burkina Faso military government invited in mercenaries from the Russian private military group, Wagner. Burkina Faso Deputy Minister for Regional Cooperation, Jean Marie Traoré called the claims “ veritably serious ” in a press conference on December 16 after the government summoned the Ghanaian minister.
France – the former social power – first entered the Sahel region in January 2013 at Mali’s request and launched Operation Serval, a United Nations- sanctioned ground and air operation against Islamist zealots. The charge was succeeded in August 2014 by Operation Barkhane, a broader French Anti-terror action targeting Islamists across the Sahel, including in Burkina Faso. Burkina Faso demands French colors to leave the Govt letter. A spokesperson for the government didn’t incontinently respond to a request for comment. A source close to the Burkina Faso military government verified the news of the demand for the departure of French colors but gave no further details. Hundreds demonstrated against Paris in the capital Ouagadougou on Friday, chantinganti-France taglines and applying posters calling on the French army to leave the country.
