As France prepared to evacuate its citizens, Burkina Faso and Mali said they would take any military operation by other West African nations to reinstate the president as a “declaration of war.”
Burkina Faso's ousted coup leader Lt. Col. Paul Henri Sandaogo Damiba left the country for Togo Sunday two days after he himself was overthrown in a coup, while the new junta urged citizens not to loot or vandalize.
Angry protesters attacked the French Embassy in Burkina Faso s capital on Saturday after supporters of the West African nation s most recent coup accused France of harboring the ousted interim president. The French authorities vehemently denied.
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OUAGADOUGOU, Burkina Faso (AP) Angry protesters attacked the French Embassy in Burkina Faso's capital Saturday after supporters of the West African nation's new coup leader accused France of harbour.