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It has ordered them to leave the country within 48 hours, according to a foreign ministry letter viewed by Reuters and Agence France-Presse (AFP) news

The military Junta ruling Burkina Faso expelled three French diplomats for alleged subversive activities, the country’s foreign ministry said in a letter on Thursday. The French foreign ministry rejected the allegation and said the work of the diplomats is fully consistent with the Vienna Conventions on Diplomatic and Consular Relations. The incident comes amid a series of tensions that have marked relations between the two countries since Captain Ibrahim Traore seized power in a coup in 2022, leading to a breakdown in relations with its former colonial ruler France.

The French ambassador was withdrawn after the takeover, Burkina Faso cancelled a 1961 military accord between the two countries, ordered a withdrawal of

Burkina Faso has declared three French diplomats 'persona non grata,' citing alleged subversive activities. Stay updated on the escalating tensions between Burk

Violence, economic turmoil, climate change and shrinking humanitarian assistance among factors propelling food insecurity