Coup in Niger: France suspends aid to Burkina Faso
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France is suspending development aid and budgetary assistance to Burkina Faso, its foreign ministry announced Sunday. The statement comes days after Burkina Faso and Mali announced that they would consider any military intervention against the new military rulers in Niger as a "declaration of war". FRANCE 24's Justice Baidoo reports.