Burkina Faso’s military junta has ordered the French embassy’s defense attaché to leave the country due to “subversive” behavior, it said in a statement seen by Reuters on Friday.
Emmanuel Pasquier’s expulsion is the latest sign of escalating tension between the West African nation and its former colonizer France since a military government seized power in two coups last year.
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The statement, dated Sept. 14, said Pasquier and his personnel had two weeks to leave the country.
France’s foreign ministry said it was looking into reports of the expulsion and could not immediately comment.
Burkina Faso’s self-appointed transition government has already ordered the departure of France’s ambassador and that of senior United Nations official Barbara Manzi. There has also been a crackdown on French media.
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Ferreman on September 16th, 2023 at 21:13 UTC »
Since wagner is getting their assess kicked by islamists, I don't expect them to remain long in power. Perhaps the French are merely waiting for another coup lol.
Rexkat on September 16th, 2023 at 20:37 UTC »
Weird that people who launch coups suddenly want all the other guns to leave, huh...
If a democratically elected government asks them to leave, they should leave. If a military junta asks them to leave, they should tell them to fuck off.
UdderSuckage on September 16th, 2023 at 18:38 UTC »
It always amuses me a little as an American when the French complain about our foreign policy missteps in the Middle East, considering what a great job they've done fucking up Africa.