Burkina Faso cuts diplomatic relations with France, once a key ally

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• France’s Foreign Minsitry spokesman Pascal Confavreux said in a statement that the country regrets the “hostile and unfounded decision, which illustrates the worrying drift of the Burkinabè authorities.” “Necessary reciprocal measures are currently under review,” he said.

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• Heat: +80% calls in Parisian Samu over the past week.

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• According to the statement, this decision "concerns exclusively the institutional framework of relations between the two states at the diplomatic level".

  according to Africanews

• Alibert spoke on franceinfo of several very concrete signs of this saturation , the "calls to Samu , the passages to the emergency , the stretchers that accumulate in the corridors " , "an indicator that has never been so high".

  according to Nice-Matin

• The junta also accused France of harbouring "neo-colonial ambitions, made evident by its active support for subversive networks and the terrorists who are plunging our country and the Sahel into mourning".

  according to Africanews

• The junta said in a statement Friday it broke off relations with France effective immediately, accusing it of "blatant neo-colonial ambitions and active support for subversive networks and terrorists,” without providing evidence.

  according to The Independent +1

• Its wider Sahel region is the world’s deadliest region for extremism.

  according to The Independent +1

• Moreover, the number of deaths related to the heat wave will not be known immediately, as my colleague Mathilde Goupil explains in this article.

  according to Franceinfo — Les Titres

• Popular Reads The two sides suffered broken relations for years.

  according to ABC News — International

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• Heat: +80% calls in Parisian Samu over the past week.

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• France’s Foreign Minsitry spokesman Pascal Confavreux said in a statement that the country regrets the “hostile and unfounded decision,…

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