Ibrahim Traor Gives French Defense Forces Dateline to Leave Their Country

Ibrahim Traoré Gives French Defense Forces Dateline to Leave Their Country Burkina Faso’s military government under the Leadership of Ibrahim Traoray ordered French defense attaché Emmanuel Pasquier to leave the country within two weeks, local media reported Friday September 15th 2023. “The attaché has been expelled along with personnel of the French military office in Ouagadougou, the country's capital city” Omega Radio reported, citing a statement by authorities to the French Foreign Ministry. Pasquier is accused of carrying out “subversive activities. And has up to the end of September 2023 to leave the country” A letter by Burkina Faso’s Foreign Ministry also notified France of the immediate closure of the Burkinabay military mission in Paris, according to the report. Relations between France and Burkina Faso have soured since the September 2022 military coup when Capt. Ibrahim Traoray assumed power.