"France tested its atomic bomb on Black soldiers" – Captain Ibrahim Traore breaks the silence on colonial crimes

In a surprising turn of events, Burkina Faso’s interim President Captain Ivrahin Traore has made serious allegations against their former colonial masters.

According to Traore, France used black soldiers for their atomic bomb testing during nuclear experiments in Algeria.

France conducted 17 nuclear tests in the Algerian Sahara, including four atmospheric and 13 underground explosions, causing radioactive fallout that affected Tuareg communities and led to health issues like cancer and birth defects across Africa.

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Traoré’s statement specifically references France’s nuclear testing program in Algeria, which included 17 tests—four atmospheric and 13 underground—conducted in the Sahara Desert.

These tests, permitted under the Évian Accords of 1962 that ended the Algerian War, have long been a point of contention.

According to reports, the tests caused significant radioactive contamination, with fallout spreading across North and West Africa, affecting nomadic Tuareg communities, Algerian workers, and even reaching as far as Senegal and Sudan.

Local researchers estimate thousands have suffered long-term health effects, including cancer and birth defects, due to radiation exposure.

A 2005 International Atomic Energy Agency (IAEA) report on the Gerboise Bleue test site—France’s first nuclear detonation in 1960—documented high levels of caesium-137, measuring between 0.02 and 2.0 MBq/m² over a 1 km² area, underscoring the environmental devastation.

Additionally, a 2021 report by the French NGO ACRO noted that Saharan dust carried measurable levels of caesium-137 to France, a lingering reminder of the tests’ impact.

Ex-military officers have also come forward over the years, claiming they were used as test subjects to study radiation effects, with some soldiers sent into contaminated zones shortly after explosions like Gerboise Verte in 1960.