Burkina Faso Wants French Troops Out l Sign Of Russian Wagner Group’s Growing Clout In Africa?

Updated Jan 27, 2023 | 10:00 AM IST

Burkina Faso has decided to end a military accord that allowed French troops to fight armed groups in the country. The Burkina Faso government said its own forces would defend the country against ‘Islamist jihadis’ it has battled for almost a decade. The ruling military junta said that French soldiers had a month to leave the west African country. Watch to know why Ouagadougou’s move to oust French soldiers from its soil comes has led to speculations that Burkina Faso might invite the Russian mercenary Wagner group to tackle the insurgency.#BurkinaFaso #RussiaWagner #France #RussiaMercenaryGroup #YevgeniyPrigozhin #RussiaInAfrica