Burkina: in front of their camp, demonstrators demand the departure of French forces
Burkinabe soldiers during training at the Kamboinse - General Bila Zagre military camp, near Ouagadougo in Burkina Faso, here on April 13, 2018. © AFP/Issouf Sanogo
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Hundreds of Burkinabè demonstrators moved on Friday, October 28 to the Bila Zagré camp in Kamboinsin, where the French special forces are stationed that “
France leaves Burkina Faso
” and this within “
72 hours
”.
The demonstrators also demanded the departure of five former ministers of the former president of the transition Paul-Henri Damiba, renewed in the new government.
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With our correspondent in Ouagadougou,
Yaya Boudani
Equipped with whistles and vuvuzelas, displaying
Burkinabè and Russian flags
, the demonstrators rallied
the French Embassy
to say "
no to the presence of French forces
": they accuse France of playing a troubled game in the
fight against jihadist in Burkina Faso
.
“
Enough is enough, we no longer want a French military base in Burkina Faso.
We demand their pure and simple departure
, ”insists a leader of the Africa Revolution movement.
After sending a letter to the French diplomatic representation, hundreds of demonstrators went to the Kamboisin military camp where the French special forces are stationed.
There too, the overexcited protesters demanded that their ultimatum be communicated to the French authorities.
They were received by Burkinabè soldiers who received their message, with the promise of transmitting it to French military officials.
These demonstrators had tried to close the shops in the central market of Ouagadougou.
But some traders objected: a clash between traders and protesters was narrowly avoided
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