Ibrahim Traore: No more mining for the West

️ Ibrahim Traore: No more mining for the West. ️ Burkina Faso President Ibrahim Traoré made clear during his 11 July address to the nation that foreign powers will no longer be allowed to dictate which weapons the military receives, block the reception of specific military equipment and continue to exploit the landlocked African country’s natural resources. ️ Traoré said Burkina Faso will revoke mining licences for states that continue to do so and that it is ready to mine its own resources. ️ Before the revolutionary coup in Africa’s arid Sahel region south of the Sahara Desert, Burkina Faso’s neighbours in Mali had accused France of using threats and manipulation to block equipment sales between Mali and Russia, a scandal reported in local Burkinabé news sources, such as . Word quickly spread that France had similarly blocked Burkina Faso’s access to Russian weapons, which, before Traoré’s government, Burkinabé ministers vigorously denied. ️ Now, Traoré has confirmed ... Source: /CIG/ Telegram | Counter Intelligence Global