{"id":116395,"date":"2025-06-12T10:03:19","date_gmt":"2025-06-12T10:03:19","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/chezaspin.com\/blog\/index.php\/2025\/06\/12\/watch-burkina-fasos-president-ibrahim-traore-accuses-western-countries-of-interference-in-sahel-alliance\/"},"modified":"2025-06-12T10:03:19","modified_gmt":"2025-06-12T10:03:19","slug":"watch-burkina-fasos-president-ibrahim-traore-accuses-western-countries-of-interference-in-sahel-alliance","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/chezaspin.com\/blog\/watch-burkina-fasos-president-ibrahim-traore-accuses-western-countries-of-interference-in-sahel-alliance\/","title":{"rendered":"(WATCH) Burkina Faso\u2019s President Ibrahim Traore  accuses Western countries of interference in Sahel alliance"},"content":{"rendered":"<div class=\"cvwp-video-player \"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.capitalfm.co.ke\/news\/2025\/06\/watch-burkina-fasos-president-ibrahim-traore-accuses-western-countries-of-interference-in-sahel-alliance\/?utm_source=rss&amp;amp;utm_medium=rss&amp;amp;utm_campaign=watch-burkina-fasos-president-ibrahim-traore-accuses-western-countries-of-interference-in-sahel-alliance#\" class=\"cvwp-load-video\" title=\"(WATCH) Burkina Faso's President Ibrahim Traore  accuses Western countries of interference in Sahel alliance\"><\/a><\/div>\n<p>Burkina Faso\u2019s President Ibrahim Traore hit out at Western interference in the Sahel states, as representatives gathered for the inaugural performance of the union\u2019s anthem in Ouagadougou.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cWe need to unite, little by little, and the AES (Alliance of Sahel States) is continuing on its way despite all the difficulties and challenges ahead,\u201d he said. \u201cIf I were naive, I\u2019d ask myself why the imperialists don\u2019t want this union. But I\u2019m not naive. I know why, and it\u2019s the same question that those who are still asleep should ask themselves.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>\u201cWhy don\u2019t they want us to unite? Why is confederation so frightening or painful for some? Because we are approached every day by these imperialists to force one of the three to betray the other,\u201d he alleged.<\/p>\n<p>Footage also shows officials from Burkina Faso, Mali and Niger listening to the anthem \u2018Sahel Benkan\u2019 and raising the flag.<\/p>\n<p>The AES, established in September 2023, brought together Mali, Niger and Burkina Faso, for common defence and co-ordinating diplomatic, economic relations and foreign policy decisions.<\/p>","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Burkina Faso\u2019s President Ibrahim Traore hit out at Western interference in the Sahel states, as representatives gathered for the inaugural performance of the union\u2019s anthem in Ouagadougou. \u201cWe need to unite, little by little, and the AES (Alliance of Sahel States) is continuing on its way despite all the difficulties and challenges ahead,\u201d he said. [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":0,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"jetpack_post_was_ever_published":false,"_jetpack_newsletter_access":"","_jetpack_dont_email_post_to_subs":false,"_jetpack_newsletter_tier_id":0,"footnotes":""},"categories":[1],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-116395","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-uncategorized","entry"],"jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"jetpack_featured_media_url":"","jetpack-related-posts":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/chezaspin.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/116395","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/chezaspin.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/chezaspin.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/chezaspin.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=116395"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/chezaspin.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/116395\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/chezaspin.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=116395"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/chezaspin.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=116395"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/chezaspin.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=116395"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}