In a development adding strain to the already tense relations between Burkina Faso and France, four French information technology (IT) workers holding diplomatic passports and visas have been apprehended in Burkina Faso’s capital, Ouagadougou. Contrary to media speculations, a French diplomatic source, speaking on condition of anonymity, refuted claims that the detainees were intelligence agents. According to the source, the four individuals, identified as civil servants, arrived in the West African nation to conduct IT maintenance for the French embassy. However, they were arrested on December 1 and subsequently transferred…
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