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Islamist militants kidnapped around 50 women in northern Burkina Faso, the government confirmed Monday, marking the first mass kidnapping in the West African nation as it continues to fight a years-long jihadist insurgency, Reuters reported. Officials said armed men kidnapped the women in two different locations...

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Need to Know

October 13, 2022

Try, Try Again

Burkina Faso

Protesters took to the streets of Ouagadougou, the capital of Burkina Faso, recently to wave Russian flags and condemn alleged meddling by the Economic Community of West African States (ECOWAS) and the impoverished, landlocked West African country’s former colonial overseer, France. The demonstration occurred a few...

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The World Briefly

October 03, 2022

Reaping and Sowing

Burkina Faso

Burkinabe army officers launched a coup against the country’s military junta over the weekend, a move that could further destabilize the security situation in the West African country amid an ongoing jihadist insurgency, the Associated Press reported. On Friday, a group of soldiers appeared on state...

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The World Briefly

April 07, 2022

Upright Justice

Burkina Faso

A Burkinabe military court sentenced former President Blaise Compaore to life in prison Wednesday over his role in the 1987 murder of Burkina Faso’s revolutionary leader Thomas Sankara, France 24 reported. The court tried the former president in absentia on the charges of attacking state security,...

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