Burkina Faso has announced that operations by the French army in the jihadist-hit West African state are officially over, after bilateral relations soured in recent months.
Senior officers from Burkinabe and French forces in the country held a flag-lowering ceremony to mark the occasion at a camp on the outskirts of the capital Ouagadougou .
Last month France confirmed it would withdraw its contingent of hundreds of troop stationed in Burkina Faso, after the junta ruling the Sahel country demanded the force pull out within four weeks.
Their departure marks another significant step in the scaling-down of France’s military presence in the region.
