Burkina Faso President's Bold Move Shatters France's €220M Project!

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Burkina Faso President's Bold Move Shatters France's €220M Project!
€220M is a huge amount of money and if injected into an economy, can definitely do wonders. But the President of Burkina Faso, Ibrahim Traore just rejected a 220 million euro deal with a French company, Meridian. Interestingly, the deal was for the French company to design, build, finance, operate and maintain a new International airport in the capital Ouagadougou. The question is why would President Traore reject a 220 million euros deal to construct an airport that would generate revenue for his government, especially given the fact that Burkina Faso is dealing with both insecurity and economic crisis and needs money to face both? Is it because President Traore is anti-West and just wants to cut off anything to do with France? Or does he have a deeper motive?

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