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Burkina Faso releases four French nationals after detaining them for a year

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The four were arrested in December 2023 on what Jeune Afrique and French media reported as espionage-related charges.

Their detention came at a low point in France ’s relations with its former colonies in the Sahel , including Burkina Faso .

After two coups, the landlocked nation expelled French forces and turned to Russia for security support.

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English

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