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Burkina Faso says 66 women, children freed from extremists

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Burkina Faso's state broadcaster says dozens of women and children abducted by Islamic extremists earlier this month are now free
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Two attacks kill 18 in Burkina Faso: security sources

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U.N. rights chief calls for probe into Burkina Faso killings

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Burkina Faso rights group alleges 28 dead in ethnic killings

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Ten civilians killed in roadside bomb in Burkina Faso

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Members of Burkina Faso’s army seized control of state television and declared that the country’s coup leader-turned-president had been overthrown. (RTB via AP)

Explained | The ouster of Burkina Faso’s leader in second military coup in a year

At 34, Burkina's new junta chief Ibrahim Traore is world's youngest leader

Burkina Faso's new military government meets West Africa bloc

A Save Burkina Faso movement supporter holds a Burkina Faso flag after it was announced that Lt. Col. Paul Henri Sandaogo Damiba had taken the reins of the country in Ouagadougou Monday, January 24, 2022.
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 A timeline of Burkina Faso since the army seized power in January 2022

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Paul Henri Sandaogo Damiba. File.

Ousted Burkina Faso leader leaves country for Togo

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Supporters of Burkina Faso’s self-declared new leader Ibrahim Traore demonstrate around the French Embassy in Ouagadougou, Burkina Faso.

Protesters attack French Embassy in Burkina Faso after coup

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Coup spokesman Capt. Kiswendsida Farouk Azaria Sorgho reads a statement in a studio in Ougadougou, Burkina Faso, on Friday evening, Sept. 30, 2022.

Army officers appear on Burkina Faso TV, declare new coup

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President of Burkina Faso Lieutenant Colonel Paul-Henri Damiba visits 14th Inter-Arms Regiment soldiers in Djibo, Burkina Faso September 29, 2022.

Gunfire heard in Burkina Faso, sparking mutiny fears

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Soldiers patrol a town in Burkina Faso. File

Several feared dead, trucks destroyed in Burkina Faso convoy attack

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A 2020 file picture of Burkina Faso soldiers patrolling aboard a pick-up truck on the road from Dori to the Goudebo refugee camp

Roadside bomb in northern Burkina Faso kills 15 soldiers

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File photo of the damage outside the Cappuccino cafe in Ouagadougou, Burkina Faso, following a jihadist attack by al-Qaeda in the Islamic Maghreb (AQIM) late on January 15.
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Explained | The rise of Islamist militancy in Burkina Faso

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