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Why did Burkina Faso sever diplomatic ties with France?

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July 3, 2026

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"France is not just complicit. France is an active player in what is happening in the Sahel.”

Burkina Faso under Ibrahim Traoré’s revolutionary government cut diplomatic ties with France, its former colonizer, on June 26. What was the final straw?

Investigative journalist @davidhundeyin breaks it down.

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