A grenade thrown at French soldiers wounded three civilians in the Burkina Faso capital of Ouagadougou shortly before the arrival of French President Emmanuel Macron, The Daily Mail reported on Tuesday.

The grenade was thrown late on Monday, just hours before Macron was due to speak before a university audience at Ouagadougou, security sources said.

Two hooded individuals threw the grenade from a motorbike before fleeing the scene.

There was no immediate comment of the incident at Macron's office.