Burkina Faso: A week after the announcement of an attempt to putsch, the atmosphere remains tense in Ouagadougou

Tensions mount in Burkina Faso a week after the coup attempt

A week after an attempted coup in Burkina Faso, the situation remains tense in Ouagadougou, particularly among the armed forces.

Burkina Faso is a nation that is part of the Sagel belt on the African continent. It recently denounced through a secret security service report that there were plans for destabilization. This Map program analyzes what lies behind, who is involved and above all, what weight will this continent have in the conflict in Eastern Europe.

The atmosphere seems particularly heavy in the armed forces, where the apparent calm conceals in fact many differences within the military hierarchy on how to conduct counter-terrorism operations, several observers say. Called to a meeting scheduled for the General Staff last week, several officers have never responded to the call.

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