"Get out": Hundreds join anti-France protests in Burkina Faso capital

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Hundreds demonstrated against France in Burkina Faso’s capital Ouagadougou on Friday, in the latest expression of growing anti-French sentiment in the insurgent-hit West African country.

Protesters chanted anti-France slogans and carried placards calling on the French army to “get out.” Some set fire to French flags or used them to collect rubbish.

“Burkina Faso is tired of France. Burkina Faso wants to break all relations with France,” protester Adama Sawadogo said. “That’s why we are burning the French flags, because we want to show France we don’t need it anymore.”
Relations between Burkina Faso and its former colonizer have soured following two military coups last year spurred partly by authorities’ failure to protect civilians from jihadist activity in the arid north. Some of the tension revolves around perceptions that France’s military presence in Burkina Faso has not improved security.
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In This Story: Burkina Faso

Burkina Faso is a landlocked country in West Africa that covers an area of around 274,200 square kilometres (105,900 sq mi) and is bordered by Mali, Niger, Benin, Togo, Ghana, and Ivory Coast.

The July 2019 population estimate by the United Nations was 20,321,378. Previously called Republic of Upper Volta (1958–1984), it was renamed “Burkina Faso” on 4 August 1984 by President Thomas Sankara. Its citizens are known as Burkinabé, and its capital is Ouagadougou.

Due to French colonialism, the country’s official language of government and business is French, but this language is spoken by approximately only 10-15% of the population. There are 59 native languages spoken in Burkina, with the most common language, Moore, spoken by roughly 50% of Burkinabé.

The Republic of Upper Volta was established on 11 December 1958 as a self-governing colony within the French Community and on 5 August 1960 it gained full independence.