Recent comments fromEmmanuel Macron on ” ingratitude » of certain African leaders towards the Franceare going decidedly poorly on the continent…
« After the Chadian government and Senegalese Prime Minister Ousmane Sonko, it is Burkina Faso’s turn to react, pointe Young Africa. On Monday, Captain Ibrahim Traoré, in power in Ouagadougou, also expressed his anger and affirmed that the French president had “insulted all Africans. This is how this gentleman sees Africa, sees Africans, he continued. We are not humans in his eyes.” This reaction from the putschist president comes in a tense context between France and the countries of the Alliance of Sahel States, Mali, Niger and Burkina Faso, again notes the pan-African site. The soldiers at their heads, with sovereignist and nationalist speeches, demanded the departure of the French army from their respective territories ».
Reaction ” a quarter turn »
Daily life Today in Ouaga approves the exit of captain Ibrahim Traoré: “ the one who, for 2 years, has been trying to chart another path for Burkina, in partnership with Mali and Niger, two countries driven by the same dynamic and also led by soldiers, IB therefore reacted quickly to this verbatim of the French president. Supporting explanations! France owes its existence to African ancestors. Haro also, underlines Today, on the military advisors lurking in the diplomatic enclaves and more dangerous than the military in the camps and haro on these closures of military bases, without denunciation of the Defense Agreements. Faith of IB! And he calls for a significant awakening of the African people. If it’s not Lumumbism or Sankarism, it looks like it! »
How four French secret service agents, detained for a year in Burkina Faso, were released…
Precisely, about these “ military advisors lurking in diplomatic enclaves » mentioned by Today, The World Africa returns in great detail to the recent release of four French secret service agents who had been detained for a year at the Burkina Faso.
The World Africa which reminds us of the context: “ like his Malian counterpart, General Assimi Goïta, Captain Ibrahim Traoré broke ties with France, after a couptat. Between Ouagadougou and Paris, relations then became execrable: dismissal of the ambassador and the French special forces based in the country for more than a decade, vitriolic statements against the former colonial power… Behind the scenes, however, the Operational cooperation continues between the Burkinabe national intelligence agency and the DGSE. It is in this context that the four men go to Ouagadougou, in November 2023. Members of the technical department which manages the IT and telecommunications systems, these technicians are present there for a one-off operation lasting a few days.
Forty-eight hours later, they were arrested at their hotel by agents of the State Security Directorate. The alleged acts are serious: espionage and “destabilizing intentions”. The fault lies in errors which could have been avoided, relieving Le Monde Afrique: absence of a proper diplomatic visa and, above all, possession of service telephones not “cleaned” – that is to say purged of sensitive information – as provided for by the DGSE procedure. In these devices, photos of sites of interest in the Burkinabe capital and contacts in regions under security tension ».
Morocco’s decisive action…
The French authorities, who suspected the Russians of being involved, first attempted Togolese mediation, without result, then through the United Arab Emirates, without result.
Months pass and the matter is at an impasse. THE Morocco then enters the scene. “ Last Julycontinues The World Africa, Emmanuel Macron addresses a letter to the Cherifian sovereign, in which he writes that “the present and future of Western Sahara are part of the framework of Moroccan sovereignty”. For Paris and Rabat, it is the end of several years of estrangement, and the beginning of reconciliation. Between the “services”, a brake is lifted, cooperation accelerates ».
And finally, the four French agents were released on December 18. And The World Africa to ask yourself: “ What compensation did Captain Traoré obtain in exchange for the liberation of the French? “Morocco paid 60 million euros and gave equipment to the Burkinabés,” says a source close to the DGED, the Moroccan services. Information formally denied by the DGSE ».
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