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PARIS - Burkina Faso medical student Alfred Nikiema lit up as he read an email from his university allowing him to resume visa paperwork for training at a French hospital next year - a move that has been in limbo since France suspended consular services in his country.
Critics of France say it has sought to maintain excessive economic and political influence decades after the countries gained independence. France says it has moved away from this dynamic. Last year, France issued 907 student and trainees visas for Burkina Faso nationals, 689 to Malians and 436 to Nigeriens seeking to study or intern in the country, according to a French diplomatic source.
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