The attacks mark a further escalation in an insurgency that has beset Burkina Faso, one of the world's poorest and most troubled countries, for more than seven years.
In a new world order, nations in the second-most populous continent are no longer willing to remain vassals of Elysee Palace.
Türkiye believes international politics should be built on honesty, Erdogan says, adding "where there is no honesty, there is no dignity".
Burkinabes celebrate announcement of French troop withdrawal and "complete liberation of our country from the yolks of Francafrique, imperialism and deadly capitalism."
The development comes a day after Paris announced it would withdraw its troops from the African country.
Military government's demand comes a day after hundreds of protesters in capital Ouagadougou chanted anti-France slogans and called on French army to leave.
Army "operation" leads to release of sixty-six women and children kidnapped by armed assailants in northern region last week, state media and government says.
The attacks in the country's north and northwest targeted a civilian auxiliary force that supports the military in a seven-year fight against the militants.
Militants seize around 60 women, girls and babies gathering wild fruit and other food in northern Djibo region, investigators say.
Several women managed to escape following two separate abductions in the Sahel region but the army and its civilian auxiliaries have so far failed to rescue the rest of the victims.
Killings were blamed on the volunteer militia, VDP, which was created in 2019 to support the army's battle against armed groups affiliated with Al Qaeda and Daesh.
Preliminary reports indicate a total of 28 people have been shot dead in Nouna town of the province of Kossi in Burkina Faso.
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