Utawala wa kijeshi wa Burkina Faso imevunja uhusiano wa kidiplomasia na Ufaransa rasmi kuanzia Juni 26, 2026, nchi ambayo ilikuwa mtawala wao wa zamani wa kikoloni, ukiishutumu kwa kuendelea kufanya mambo yanayokwenda kinyume na maslahi yake.
Taarifa iliyotolwa na Serikali hiyo ya kijeshi inayoongozwa na Kapteni Ibrahim Traore, imeituhumu Ufaransa kwa kuwa na nia ya ukoloni mamboleo, jambo linalodhihirishwa na msaada wake wa wazi kwa mitandao ya uasi na magaidi.
Kwa mujibu wa taarifa hiyo, uamuzi huo unahusu tu mfumo wa kitaasisi wa mahusiano kati ya nchi hizo mbili katika ngazi ya kidiplomasia. Haivurugi kwa namna yoyote ile uhusiano wa kihistoria, kiutu, kitamaduni na kijamii unaowaunganisha wananchi wa Burkina Faso na Ufaransa.
Burkina Faso, imekuwa ikikabiliwa na wimbi la ghasia mbaya kwa muongo mmoja sasa kutoka kwa wanamgambo wa jihadi wenye uhusiano na makundi ya Al-Qaeda na Islamic State.
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Burkina Faso's ruling junta on Friday severed diplomatic ties with former colonial ruler France, accusing Paris of persistently acting against its interests.
The military regime led by Captain Ibrahim Traore, in power since a coup in September 2022, is pursuing a policy repressive toward critical voices and hostile to Westerners, particularly France.
"The government of Burkina Faso hereby informs the national and international community that it has decided to sever diplomatic relations with France with effect from today, June 26, 2026," it announced in a statement read out on the west African nation's national television.
The junta also accused France of harbouring "neo-colonial ambitions, made evident by its active support for subversive networks and the terrorists who are plunging our country and the Sahel into mourning".
Burkina Faso, like several of its neighbours, has for a decade been hit by deadly violence by jihadists affiliated with Al-Qaeda and the Islamic State group.
According to the statement, this decision "concerns exclusively the institutional framework of relations between the two states at the diplomatic level".
It "in no way calls into question the historical, human, cultural and social ties that unite the Burkinabe and French peoples", the government said.
Anti?French sentiment runs high in some former African colonies as the continent becomes a renewed diplomatic battleground, with Russian and Chinese influence growing.
Once master of vast expanses of northern, central and western Africa, France has played a crucial role in the continent's post?colonial history, repeatedly intervening militarily since the early 1960s.
France has vowed to abandon the so-called "Francafrique" strategy, under which Paris sought to keep francophone Africa under its thumb through political collusion, exclusive access for French businesses and oblique financial deals including graft. Translate in swahili human tone
Source: France 24
Taarifa iliyotolwa na Serikali hiyo ya kijeshi inayoongozwa na Kapteni Ibrahim Traore, imeituhumu Ufaransa kwa kuwa na nia ya ukoloni mamboleo, jambo linalodhihirishwa na msaada wake wa wazi kwa mitandao ya uasi na magaidi.
Kwa mujibu wa taarifa hiyo, uamuzi huo unahusu tu mfumo wa kitaasisi wa mahusiano kati ya nchi hizo mbili katika ngazi ya kidiplomasia. Haivurugi kwa namna yoyote ile uhusiano wa kihistoria, kiutu, kitamaduni na kijamii unaowaunganisha wananchi wa Burkina Faso na Ufaransa.
Burkina Faso, imekuwa ikikabiliwa na wimbi la ghasia mbaya kwa muongo mmoja sasa kutoka kwa wanamgambo wa jihadi wenye uhusiano na makundi ya Al-Qaeda na Islamic State.
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Burkina Faso's ruling junta on Friday severed diplomatic ties with former colonial ruler France, accusing Paris of persistently acting against its interests.
The military regime led by Captain Ibrahim Traore, in power since a coup in September 2022, is pursuing a policy repressive toward critical voices and hostile to Westerners, particularly France.
"The government of Burkina Faso hereby informs the national and international community that it has decided to sever diplomatic relations with France with effect from today, June 26, 2026," it announced in a statement read out on the west African nation's national television.
The junta also accused France of harbouring "neo-colonial ambitions, made evident by its active support for subversive networks and the terrorists who are plunging our country and the Sahel into mourning".
Burkina Faso, like several of its neighbours, has for a decade been hit by deadly violence by jihadists affiliated with Al-Qaeda and the Islamic State group.
According to the statement, this decision "concerns exclusively the institutional framework of relations between the two states at the diplomatic level".
It "in no way calls into question the historical, human, cultural and social ties that unite the Burkinabe and French peoples", the government said.
Anti?French sentiment runs high in some former African colonies as the continent becomes a renewed diplomatic battleground, with Russian and Chinese influence growing.
Once master of vast expanses of northern, central and western Africa, France has played a crucial role in the continent's post?colonial history, repeatedly intervening militarily since the early 1960s.
France has vowed to abandon the so-called "Francafrique" strategy, under which Paris sought to keep francophone Africa under its thumb through political collusion, exclusive access for French businesses and oblique financial deals including graft. Translate in swahili human tone
Source: France 24
