France Recalls Its Envoy From Burkina Faso ‘For Consultations’ Following Decision to Withdraw Troops

Earlier in the week, amid deteriorating relations between France and Burkina Faso, the official Burkinabe news agency said Ouagadougou had formally suspended a 2018 military cooperation agreement with Paris that allowed France's military presence in the country, and demanded that French forces withdraw from the West African country within a month.