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On Saturday October 1, Russian flags were waved in the streets of Ouagadougou, Burkina Faso. Slogans against the French presence in the country were also heard.
A flag and a slogan to the glory of Moscow (Russia), on the evening of Saturday October 1 in Ouagadougou (Burkina Faso). The image symbolizes the battle that is partly being played out in Burkina Faso: a war of influence between Russia, whose tricolor flag was seen in the streets of the capital, and France, violently attacked by the crowd. The atmosphere is reminiscent of that of Mali, during the putsch of a military group in 2020. In this border country of Burkina Faso, the same slogans against France. Two years later, the French army was forced to withdraw from the country, replaced by Russian mercenaries from the Wagner group.
France retains many strategic bases in West Africa. The region is in Russia’s sights. Burkina Faso is an additional strongpoint in the west of the continent for the Kremlin. France regularly accuses Russia of carrying out disinformation campaigns to discredit it. To defend itself, the army has launched a media counter-offensive on the internet.