France Cut Off Aid To Burkina- Faso For Supporting Niger coup.
Channel: Africa Reloaded
Date: 2023-08-09

France Retaliate By Cutting Off Aid To Burkina- Faso For Supporting Niger coup
French officials have announced that France will no longer send development aid to Burkina Faso after the West African country backed the ongoing military coup in Niger.In a statement published late on August 6, Paris confirmed that “until further notice all its development aid and budget support actions” for the nation are being suspended.

The coup in Niger took place on February 24, 2023, when a group of soldiers led by Colonel Mamadou Djouroye overthrew the democratically elected government of President Mohamed Bazoum. The junta in Burkina Faso, which came to power in a coup in January 2023, said in a statement that it supported the coup in Niger because it was "a continuation of the popular will for change" in the region.
France, which has been the former colonial power in both Burkina Faso and Niger, condemned the coup in Niger and called for the immediate restoration of constitutional order. The brief statement issued on Sunday did not give the reasons for the aid cut.But the announcement came days after Burkina Faso and Mali, both with military rulers, declared their strong backing for the junta that deposed Niger’s President Mohamed Bazoum in a military coup last month, a split from the position of the Economic Community of West African State (ECOWAS), which gave the coup leaders a seven-day deadline to reinstate Bazoum or they would consider forceful means.
France’s development aid to Ouagadougou is said to be estimated at $530 million (€482 million), while budget support for 2022 amounted to $14.30 million (€13 million).The two West African countries, which border Niger, declared that they would consider any military intervention in Niger a "declaration of war."On Sunday, as the ECOWAS deadline expired, there was uncertainty over whether the West African bloc would go ahead with a military intervention.
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