Anti-French protests renewed in Burkina Faso for a second day
Ouagadougou (ST): Hundreds of Burkina Faso citizens demonstrated for the second day, in front of the French embassy in Ouagadougou, to demand an end to French interference in their country.
According to the France Press Agency, the demonstrators set fire to protective barriers near the headquarters of the French embassy in Ouagadougou, and threw stones inside the building, on which French soldiers were stationed on its roof.
The demonstrators removed the barbed wire in an attempt to climb the wall surrounding the building, while soldiers from inside the embassy responded by firing tear gas to disperse the demonstrators. The demonstrators chanted slogans against France and its colonial policies, and raised Russian flags.
In turn, the ruling military council in Burkina Faso, led by its new president, Ibrahim Traore, announced the reopening of the country’s air borders, after the situation became under control.
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