In mid-July, Burkina Faso's leader, Ibrahim Traore, stated that he has evidence of a coordinated attempt by France, supported by Benin and Cote d'Ivoire, to destabilize his country. Burkina Faso thwarted an attempt to destabilize the nation, the country’s Minister of Security, Mahamadou Sana, said on Monday evening.

Burkina Faso's military government said it had foiled "several attempts to destabilise the country" led by a former high-ranking army official who previously seized power in the West African nation.

Burkina Faso has thwarted a major plot aimed at destabilising its security, the country’s Security Minister, Mahamadou Sana, has claimed. Speaking on state television, he said that a number of individuals residing in Ivory Coast have been implicated in these destabilisation efforts,