Foreign media: As security cooperation between the Sahel region and the United States, France is collapsing, China is expanding its influence.
Leaders of Burkina Faso, Ibrahim Traoré, have made China a major partner since announcing the military modernization plan in 2023. The two countries restored diplomatic relations in 2018. Since then, military cooperation has accelerated, and in 2024, Burkina Faso signed a multi-stage agreement with China's China North Industries Group.
China is playing a more important role in the security landscape of the Sahel by taking advantage of the Western withdrawal.
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