Ouagadougou is set to be the next military regime to invite Russian mercenaries after giving France a month for its troops to leave, Captain Ibrahim Traoré s regime has brushed aside the concerns of fellow members of the Economic Community of West African States (Ecowas) and gone even further than Mali and demanded the departure of French troops. At the end of January his government cancelled the 2018 defence agreement governing France s military presence in Burkina Faso, amid signs that it is now turning to Russia, probably the Wagner Group, for support.