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Africa Live: Burkina Faso expels French diplomats - BBC News Africa Live: Kenyans urged to stay calm after news of helicopter crash - BBC News
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Richard Hamilton Spokesperson for Kenya's government Isaac Mwaura has urged Kenyans to "stay calm and avoid any speculation whatsoever at this critical juncture".
BBC World Service newsroom His message on X follows news that a military helicopter has crashed with reports that some senior officers were on board.
The French government says a decision by Burkina Faso to expel three of its diplomats was based on unfounded allegations. "An official communication concerning the Military Aircraft Crash shall be issued soon," the spokesman said.
Earlier the foreign ministry in Ouagadougou said the three advisers in the French embassy had been ordered to leave, because of what it called subversive activities.
Some reports suggest they had been meeting civil society activists.
Since coming to power in a coup in 2022, Burkina Faso's military rulers have distanced themselves from the former colonial power.
They have has forced French troops to leave the country, suspended some Francophone media and demanded that Paris recall its ambassador.
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