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In Focus | Burkina Faso
How religion and politics provide Moscow with a path to influence

In its efforts to gain sway in the Sahel, Russia is increasingly forging links with Burkina Faso's political and civil society circles. In so doing, it enjoys the unprecedented support of Wahhabist organisations. So far, the government has turned down Wagner's advances. [...]
Published on 13.06.2022 at 06:00 GMT Reading time 6 minutes Paul Deutschmann, Joan Tilouine
A demonstrator holding a pro-Russian banner in Ouagadougou, 19 February 2022.
A demonstrator holding a pro-Russian banner in Ouagadougou, 19 February 2022. © Olympia de Maismont/AFP
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Burkina Faso, France
France struggles to find a way through the confusion in Burkina Faso

Before Captain Ibrahim Traore's 30 September coup, France had been relying heavily on Burkina Faso - and Niger - to reorganise its security presence in West Africa following its withdrawal from Mali. It had been preparing a major support plan for the authorities in Ouagadougou but this has now been largely compromised and its future presence in the country rendered uncertain.

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Smoke around the French embassy in Burkina Faso on 1 October.

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