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Sankara assassination defendants sentenced to pay $1.3 million in damages in Burkina Faso.

Former Burkina Faso President Blaise Compaoré and nine other defendants were sentenced…

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Authorities in Burkina Faso are cautiously optimistic, despite the fact that eight men remain trapped in a zinc mine.

Burkinabe authorities are cautiously optimistic as the struggle to free eight miners…

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UN chief urges swift return to civilian rule in Burkina Faso, Guinea, Mali

UN chief Antonio Guterres on Sunday called on the military juntas in…

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Burkina Faso, Guinea request more time to present transition plans

Burkina Faso and Guinea, where the military has seized power by force,…

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ECOWAS worried about the duration of transition.

The Economic Community of West African States (ECOWAS) has expressed worry about…

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Burkina strongman stages inauguration after ‘transition’ plan.

Burkina Faso strongman Paul-Henri Sandaogo Damiba was ceremonially sworn in as president…

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Burkina Faso’s junta chief signs 3-year transition charter.

Burkina Faso's junta chief on Tuesday signed a charter setting a three-year…

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Burkina Faso: towards a 30-month military transition?

A commission set up in early February by the military junta that…

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Gold mining site blast reportedly kills 59 in Burkina Faso.

A strong explosion near a gold mining site in southwestern Burkina Faso…

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Burkina Faso coup leader Damiba inaugurated as president

Lieutenant-Colonel Paul-Henri Sandaogo Damiba has been inaugurated as Burkina Faso’s president, just…

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