Demonstrators waving Russian flags took to the streets of Ouagadougou last weekend at the denouement of Burkina Faso's latest coup. Photo: Issouf SANOGO / AFPSource: AFPAlassane, a tailor in Burkina Faso's capital Ouagadougou, said he worked non-stop last weekend. Domino theoryIn Central African Republic, and then in Burkina Faso's neighbour Mali, Russia has struck close ties that have translated into Russian military support and waning French clout. In the Sahel and elsewhere in French-speaking West Africa, France has been on the back foot in an information war. Meeting in a cafe with an AFP reporter, he reeled off a list of complaints against Burkina Faso's former colonial master.

Source: Daily Nation October 08, 2022 07:10 UTC