Burkina Faso severed diplomatic relations with France.

Burkina Faso’s military government cuts diplomatic ties with France; They accused Paris of acting against its national interests.

Relations between Burkina Faso and its former colonial power worsened over time Captain Ibrahim Traore He took power in a coup in 2022 and pursued largely anti-Western policies.

In a televised statement on Friday, Communications Minister Pingdunde Gilbert Oudrago accused France of “perpetual aggression” against his country and accused it of “neo-colonial ambitions”.

The French Foreign Ministry described the decision as “hostile and baseless” and said it “reveals the serious course of action of the Burkinabe government”.

France has urged citizens in the country to “exercise extreme caution”.

Burkina Faso, like its neighbor Mali, has been fighting an Islamist insurgency for more than a decade, often alongside French troops stationed in the region.

Captain Traore expelled the French troops soon after taking power. His government accused France of having a “secret agenda” and leaning towards China and Russia.

The latest Burkinabe declaration says there is no precondition of mutual respect between the two countries. Burkina Faso accuses France of support for “terrorist networks and the aim of isolation” on the international stage.

The statement added that the decision to sever ties “only concerns the institutional framework of relations” but “in no way calls into question the historical, humanitarian, cultural and social ties that unite the peoples of Burkina Faso and France.”

In the year The junta promised to restore democracy by 2024, but reneged on this promise and officially dissolved political parties in January this year.

In the year In January 2025, Burkina Faso, along with two neighboring military-led governments – Mali and Niger, seceded from the regional West African group ECOWAS and formed a new group called the Union of Sahel States.

France has no ambassador in Burkina Faso since January 2023.

In the year 2024 The country expelled three French diplomats.Accusing him of “subdued duties”. France denied the claim.