Die Junta in Burkina Faso hat Frankreich »neokoloniale Ambitionen« vorgeworfen und die diplomatischen Beziehungen beendet. Frankreich wies die Vorwürfe zurück.

Anti-French sentiment runs high in some former African colonies as the continent becomes a renewed diplomatic battleground.

The military government, in power since 2022 coup, accused France of having 'neo-colonial ambitions'.