France Suspends Aid to Burkina Faso Support | Burkina Faso | France
On the 6th local time, the French Ministry of Foreign Affairs announced that France will immediately suspend development aid and financial support to Burkina Faso until further notice.
The French Ministry of Foreign Affairs did not provide an explanation for the reason for the suspension.
Burkina Faso was a former French colony with complex relations with France. In September 2022, Captain Traore of the Burkina Faso Army launched a coup, announcing the dismissal of the transitional president of Damiba. In October 2022, he was sworn in as the transitional president of Burkina Faso. At the beginning of 2023, Burkina Faso requested that France withdraw its troops stationed in Burkina Faso. The French military officially withdrew on February 18, 2023. Recently, Burkina Faso has supported the coup in Niger.