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World
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Africa
9/23/2022 5:33:38 PM
Burkina Faso's coup leader-turned-president defended his military takeover on Friday, though he acknowledged it was ``perhaps reprehensible`` and inconsistent with the United Nations' values.
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World
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Africa
9/6/2022 3:44:50 PM
A suspected jihadi roadside bomb has hit a convoy in northern Burkina Faso, killing at least 35 people and injuring dozens more.
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World
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Africa
8/14/2022 4:04:29 PM
Two local rights groups on Sunday accused Burkina Faso soldiers of massacring more than 40 villagers in the country's deeply troubled north.
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World
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Africa
8/10/2022 4:16:04 PM
At least 15 soldiers were killed in northern Burkina Faso when their vehicles hit land mines, including a rescue team that hit a second explosive device when they were rushing to help, the army said.
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Egypt
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Foreign Affairs
8/7/2022 10:11:07 PM
Egypt’s Defence Minister Mohamed Zaki signed with his Burkinabe counterpart, Aimé Barthélemy Simporé, a cooperation protocol covering the "most important areas of cooperation that the armed forces of the two countries seek to strengthen in the next stage," a statement by the Egyptian Military Spokesman Gharib Abdel-Hafez read.
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World
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Africa
7/6/2022 2:17:09 PM
Burkina Faso's ex-president Blaise Compaore, in exile since his ouster in 2014, will return home to meet military authorities this week, a source close to the government and his entourage told AFP Tuesday.
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World
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Africa
7/3/2022 9:29:04 PM
West African leaders on Sunday lifted financial and trade sanctions they imposed on Mali's military regime, accepting the junta's date for a March 2024 return to civilian rule, a delegate at a regional summit said.
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World
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Africa
6/30/2022 9:49:11 PM
Gunmen in Burkina Faso have blown up a bridge on a main road connecting the capital to the north of the country, a security source said Thursday.
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World
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Africa
6/17/2022 7:04:17 PM
Islamic State-linked jihadists, whose power was once thought to be waning in the Sahel, have expanded their reach recently, marking their presence with an unprecedented series of civilian massacres.
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World
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Africa
6/12/2022 10:20:55 PM
An attack at a checkpoint in southeast Mali killed at least eight people including two customs officers and six civilians, local and military sources said Sunday.
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Sports
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Africa
6/7/2022 10:02:04 PM
Burkina Faso, Cap Verde and Zambia claimed important wins in their campaign in the Nations Cup qualifiers on Tuesday.
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World
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Africa
5/27/2022 6:28:02 PM
African leaders gathered for a summit Friday in Malabo, Equatorial Guinea, to address growing humanitarian needs on the continent, which is also facing increased violent extremism, climate change challenges and a run of military coups.
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War in Ukraine
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Diplomacy
5/23/2022 2:04:25 PM
Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyy called for ``maximum'' sanctions against Russia during a virtual speech Monday to corporate executives, government officials and other elites on the first day of the World Economic Economic gathering in Davos.
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World
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Africa
5/20/2022 2:00:43 PM
The U.N. is warning that 18 million people in Africa's Sahel region face severe hunger in the next three months, citing the impacts of Russia's war in Ukraine, the coronavirus pandemic, climate-induced shocks and rising costs.
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World
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Africa
5/16/2022 3:01:46 PM
Around 40 people, many of them civilian volunteers with the army, have been killed in suspected jihadist attacks in Burkina Faso, local sources and security officials said on Monday.
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World
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Africa
5/8/2022 12:26:25 PM
Ami Sana hangs a tattered tarp for a bit of shade where she can rest on a break from pounding stones under the scorching sun.
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World
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Africa
4/24/2022 8:23:16 PM
Fifteen people, including nine soldiers, died Sunday in two separate attacks on military units in northern Burkina Faso, the country's army said.
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Sports
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Africa
4/22/2022 10:23:20 PM
Frenchman Hubert Velud was named Friday as the new coach of Burkina Faso, replacing Kamou Malo who left after guiding the country to the semi-finals of this year's Africa Cup of Nations.
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World
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Africa
3/21/2022 12:47:21 PM
Thirteen soldiers have been killed in an ambush by suspected jihadists in eastern Burkina Faso, the armed forces said Monday, amid a surge of violence.
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Sports
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World
3/18/2022 5:16:43 PM
Belgium will rest top players like Kevin De Bruyne and Romelu Lukaku for friendly matches against Ireland and Burkina Faso.
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