Tag: Burkina
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Twin Burkina Faso attacks kill three
Ouagadougou, March 14 (AFP/APP):Three people including one police officer were killed during two attacks in Burkina Faso, security sources said Sunday, the latest violence in its jihadist insurgency. In one attack, two police officers were ambushed Saturday in the town of Batie in the southwest of the country while investigating reports of unidentified gunmen, a…
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Burkina Faso Incumbent Kabore Wins Presidential Election
Ouagadougou, Nov 26 (AFP/APP): Burkina Faso’s President Roch Marc Christian Kabore has won a second term after gaining an outright majority in the first round of elections, the country’s electoral board announced Thursday. “Mr Kabore… with 57.87 percent of the vote, is provisionally elected president of (Burkina) Faso in the first round,” said Newton Ahmed…