Burkina Faso’s Prime Minister Appolinaire Kyelem de Tembela has said that the country’s seven-year history of jihadist violence has not ruled out a review of its relations with Russia.
During demonstrations in support of the 30 September coup that brought Captain Ibrahim Traore to power, Burkinabe regularly wave flags of Russia.
In several French-speaking African countries, Moscow enjoys growing popular support while France, the former colonial power, is increasingly vilified, especially in Mali, a neighboring country of Burkina Faso also ruled by military putschists since 2020.
