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File picture of a mural in Ouagadougou, Burkina Faso. | Photo Credit: APm Burkina Faso’s ruling junta will remain in power for another five years after participants in national talks on Saturday proposed extending the transition back to democracy by 60 months from July, according to the text of an approved new charter. The military…
Around 170 people were “executed” in attacks on three villages in northern Burkina Faso a week ago, a regional public prosecutor said on March 3. Aly Benjamin Coulibaly said he received reports of the attacks on the villages of Komsilga, Nodin and Soroe in Yatenga province on February 25, with a provisional toll of “around…
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