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Burkina Faso PM rejects any outside tutelage

By , based on Burkina 24

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Burkina Faso’s Prime Minister Rimtalba Jean Emmanuel Ouédraogo said the country intends to decide its future freely and rejects any tutelage, during an interview with RT in Moscow on 27 October 2026. He defended equal partnerships and mentioned training, technology transfers and domestic production, according to Burkina 24.

Burkina Faso’s Prime Minister Rimtalba Jean Emmanuel Ouédraogo rejected any tutelage over Burkina Faso and defended the country’s right to freely choose its partnerships, during an interview with RT on 27 October 2026. He said that closer ties with Russia did not constitute a change of tutelage, reports Burkina 24.

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