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Burkina Faso\u2019s military junta has expelled three French diplomats for \u201csubversive activities,\u201d according to a government statement Thursday. <\/p>\n

The diplomats, two of whom are political advisers, were given 48 hours to leave and no additional details were shared about the alleged subversive activities. <\/p>\n

The French foreign ministry responded in a statement, saying it rejects the \u201cunfounded accusations made by the Burkina Faso authorities against our staff.\u201d <\/p>\n

Burkina Faso\u2019s relationship with its former colonizer has steadily deteriorated since junta leaders severed military ties with Paris in 2023, ousting hundreds of French troops within a month. <\/p>\n

More than 60 years after Burkina Faso\u2019s independence, French remains an official language and France has maintained strong economic and humanitarian aid ties with its former colony. As the Islamic extremist insurgency has deepened, however, anti-French sentiment has spiked due in part to the unabating violence. <\/p>\n

Other Western nations are seeing ties with Burkina Faso diminish if they criticize the military government. The junta is instead aligning itself with countries like Mali and Niger, also led by military juntas, and moving to improve ties with Russia and China. <\/p>\n

Some information for this report was provided by Agence France-Presse, Reuters and the Associated Press.<\/em> <\/p>\n<\/div>\n