Can you guys stop telling these blatant lies! Burkina Faso, under Captain Ibrahim Traoré, is a heavily indebted nation. They owe $5.6 billion, and Captain Traoré got another credit facility from the International Monetary Fund on September 21, 2023, for $302 million.
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Can you guys stop telling these blatant lies! Burkina Faso, under Captain Ibrahim Traoré, is a heavily indebted nation. They owe $5.6 billion, and Captain Traoré got another credit facility from the International Monetary Fund on September 21, 2023, for $302 million.
Please fact-check me: Nigeria is the only West African nation to have exited the IMF debt trap, having paid off its entire debt to the International Monetary Fund.
You, @africanhub, can easily verify these details by contacting the Burkina Faso Finance Ministry at +226 32 42 11 or through their website at https://finances.gov.bf/accueil. Alternatively, you can verify this information from the Burkinabe embassy in your country of residence.
Moreover, the renowned Burkinabe journalist Djakaridia Siribie confirmed that the news is fake. He is based in Burkina Faso and can be reached via http://linkedin.com/in/djakaridia-siribie-1202a111a
Additionally, you can also make findings from Sidwaya, a Burkina Faso based independent newspaper, which you can reach on X via
@ESidwaya.
Even the Traoré government has not made the fantastical claims you keep pushing on social media.
Kindly verify your claims and desist from misleading Africans.