Burkina Faso cuts diplomatic ties with France as Sahel realignment with Russia deepens
The latest act in the standoff between France and Burkina Faso played out between their respective foreign ministers, Jean-Noël Barrot and Karamoko Jean-Marie Traoré.
Announced by Burkina Faso on 26 June and followed days later by France‘s reciprocal expulsion of Burkinabè diplomats, it is the culmination of nearly three years of steadily worsening relations since Captain Ibrahim Traoré seized power in a military coup in September 2022.
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