A few dozen protesters supporting Captain Ibrahim Traore gathered outside the French embassy on Sunday, setting fire to barriers and throwing rocks inside the building.
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Six soldiers from the GIGN, the elite unit of the National Gendarmerie, were sent to Burkina Faso on Thursday, October 6, to ensure the protection of the French Embassy and Ambassador Luc Hallade, learned franceinfo from a close source. folder. This decision comes a few days after anti-French demonstrations in Ouagadougou (capital of the country).
On October 2, two days after the announcement of the dismissal of the leader of the ruling junta, a few dozen demonstrators supporting Ibrahim Traoré gathered in front of the French representation, setting fire to protective barriers and throwing stones at the interior of the building on the roof of which were positioned French soldiers.
Other French institutions were also targeted by demonstrators: a fire broke out in front of the French Institute in Ouagadougou, another in front of the French Institute in Bobo-Dioulasso. During a press briefing on Thursday, the Ministry of Foreign Affairs affirmed that it would continue to “follow very carefully the situation in Burkina Faso”the “priority” remaining “the safety of our nationals and our rights of way” diplomatic.