Emmanuel Macron condemned the coup d'état in Burkina Faso on Tuesday, January 25, where soldiers announced that they had ousted the head of state Marc Roch Christian Kaboré from power, whose UN calls for "
the immediate release
".
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“
I had initial discussions with the leaders of the region, I will have some in the coming days
”, declared Emmanuel Macron on the sidelines of a trip to Limousin.
"
Very clearly, as always, we are alongside the regional organization that is ECOWAS
(Economic Community of West African States, editor's note)
to condemn this military coup
".