Burkina faso
Burkina Faso goes to the polls in shadow of jihadist threat
President Roch Marc Christian Kabore is expected to win re-election, his supporters talking up his chances of an outright victory in the first round of voting.
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14 soldiers killed in Burkina Faso jihadist attack
The attack took place Wednesday in the country's north, near the border with Mali and Niger, and came ahead of presidential and legislative elections on November 22.
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'Democratic backsliding' in W.Africa as election season begins
Millions more will vote across the region - in Ghana, Ivory Coast, Burkina Faso and Nigeria - before the year is out, under the wary eye of defenders of democracy.
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Jihadists kill 6 civil militia fighters in Burkina: mayor
More than a 100 such volunteers have died since January.
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Almost 150 extrajudicial killings by Malian, Burkinabe troops: UN Report
The quarterly report also found 50 extrajudicial killings in late May by Burkina Faso troops in the village of Boulkessi, and settlements close to the nation's Mali border.
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EXPLAINER: What Africa, approaching a million cases, is doing to fight COVID-19
On Wednesday, the continent was approaching a million infections and around 21,000 deaths.
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Burkina Faso blast kills six, mostly children
The IED, which exploded as the group's cart was passing late Saturday, also injured four others, they said.
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UN rights council agrees to urgent debate on racism, police violence
It is only the fifth time in the council's 14-year history that it has agreed to hold an "urgent debate", which is a special debate agreed upon within a regular session of the council.
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At least 50 die in Burkina attacks blamed on jihadists
Ten people were killed when an aid convoy was ambushed in Burkina Faso, the government said on Sunday, bringing to at least 50 the death toll from a string of attacks blamed on jihadists.
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Live music lifts spirits in Burkina Faso's coronavirus curfew
Patrick Kabre is contributing to COVID-Live, a series of sessions by musicians broadcast in real time on Facebook to people across Burkina Faso who have been under curfew for months.
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Burkina Faso reports first virus death in sub-Saharan Africa
The Sahel state of Burkina Faso on Wednesday announced its first death from coronavirus, which is also the first known fatality in sub-Saharan Africa.
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Burkina Faso church attack kills 24 people
Among the people killed was a pastor, after gunmen stormed a church on Sunday.
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Burkina Faso rocked by new jihadist massacre
The attack was launched on Saturday and jihadists were still in the area on Monday, a resident in nearby Bourzanga town told AFP by phone, citing accounts from those who had fled.
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Seven children among 14 killed in roadside bomb in Burkina Faso
The explosion happened in Sourou province near the Mali border as students returned to school after the Christmas holidays, a security source said.
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35 civilians killed in double Burkina Faso attack
Seven soldiers and 80 jihadists were also killed in the double attack on a military base and Arbinda town in Soum province, the army said.
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UN says 2.4 million people need urgent food aid across Burkina, Mali and Niger
UN's World Food Programme (WFP) Herve Verhoosel said some 20 million people were living in conflict-affected areas across the region, nit by violent clashes involving a range of armed groups.
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Mine workers demanded more protection before deadly Burkina Faso attack
The employees wanted the same protections as the expatriate staff who had been flying to the mine in helicopters since three workers were killed in two earlier attacks in August 2018.
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Burkina Faso army says 32 'terrorists' killed in two operations
One soldier was killed in the military response, which followed an attack on a patrol, an army statement said.
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Burkina Faso army says 32 'terrorists' killed in two operations
One soldier was killed in the operations, which come less than a month after 37 people were killed in an ambush.
