Burkina Faso president Roch Marc Christian Kabore re-electedOUAGADOUGOU, Burkina Faso (AP) — President Roch Marc Christian Kabore will serve another five years as Burkina Faso's president, according to provisional results announced by the National Independent Electoral Commission on Thursday.
Kabore won with nearly 58% of the vote, beating 12 opponents ....
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Burkina Faso counts ballots; extremist threats affected voteOUAGADOUGOU, Burkina Faso (AP) — Votes are being counted in Burkina Faso after Sunday's presidential and legislative elections, where threats of extremist violence linked to al-Qaida and the Islamic State prevented parts of the country from casting ballots.
Election workers began the counting a....
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Burkina Faso votes amid ongoing extremist violence, threatsOUAGADOUGOU, Burkina Faso (AP) — Voters went to the polls Sunday in Burkina Faso for presidential and legislative elections that have been marred by ongoing extremist violence in this landlocked West African nation.
President Roch Marc Christian Kabore has promised to secure the country and is ....
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American citizen killed in Burkina Faso, US State Dept saysOUAGADOUGOU, Burkina Faso (AP) — An American citizen has been killed in the capital of the West African nation of Burkina Faso, according to the U.S. State Department.
The State Department said late Saturday it was not aware that the person had any affiliation with the U.S. government, but decl....
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The coming mass displacement will force us all to face a dark path of spiraling conflictI saw them for only a few seconds. One glimpse and they were gone. The young woman wore a brown headwrap, a yellow short-sleeved shirt, and a long pink, red, and blue floral-patterned skirt. She held the reins of the donkey pulling her rust-pink cart. Across her lap lay an infant. Perched beside her....
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Attack on Burkina Faso mosque wounds 6, says governmentOUAGADOUGOU, Burkina Faso (AP) — An unknown assailant threw a flammable bottle into a mosque in Burkina Faso's capital, wounding six people, the government spokesman said Sunday.
Investigations into the Friday evening attack are ongoing, Remis Fulgance Dandjinou told The Associated Press.
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Vaccine storage demands could leave 3B people in virus coldGAMPELA, Burkina Faso (AP) — From factory to syringe, the world's most promising coronavirus vaccine candidates need nonstop sterile refrigeration to work.
But despite great strides in equipping developing countries to maintain the vaccine "cold chain," nearly 3 billion of the world's 7.8 billi....
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UN hopes meeting will raise $1 billion for key Sahel nationsUNITED NATIONS (AP) — The U.N. humanitarian chief is hoping a major ministerial meeting Tuesday will not only raise $1 billion for the three countries at the epicenter of a humanitarian crisis in Africa's Sahel region but also spur leaders to address the underlying causes, including increasing con....
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Football: Aston Villa sign Burkina Faso forward Traore from Lyon for €18m plus add-onsSeptember 21, 2020 5:50 PM(REUTERS) - Aston Villa have signed Burkina Faso international Bertrand Traore from Olympique Lyonnais for €18.4 million (S$29.5 million) plus up to €2.2 million in incentives, the French Ligue 1 club announced on Monday (Sept 21).....
Report: Villa have submitted a bid for Newcastle attacking targetReport: Villa have submitted a bid for Newcastle attacking target - originally posted on Sportslens.com
According to Foot Mercato, Aston Villa have submitted a £16 million bid for Lyon forward Bertrand Traore. The Burkina Faso international is also on the radar of Newcastle United, Crystal Palace ....
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Report: Ligue1 striker's agents offer him to Ancelotti & NUFC as Fulham's bid is rejectedReport: Ligue1 striker's agents offer him to Ancelotti & NUFC as Fulham's bid is rejected - originally posted on Sportslens.com
According to Foot Mercato (via GFFN), Lyon have rejected Fulham’s first bid for Bertrand Traore as they are holding out for £22 million. The Ligue 1 o....
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Minister says FO let down KashmirisISLAMABAD: Federal Minister for Human Rights Dr Shireen Mazari on Saturday expressed her disappointment over the Ministry of Foreign Affairs for "letting down the Kashmiris and (Prime Minister) Imran Khan" by not taking his nuanced narrative forward and merely resorting to traditional diplomacy.
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Report: Club will sell Burkina Faso international Newcastle and Everton wantReport: Club will sell Burkina Faso international Newcastle and Everton want - originally posted on Sportslens.com
According to Sky Sports, Lyon will sell reported Newcastle United and Everton target Bertrand Traore. It has been reported that Newcastle and Everton are among the clubs interested in ....
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Covid 19 coronavirus-linked hunger tied to 10,000 child deaths each monthThe lean season is coming for Burkina Faso's children. And this time, the long wait for the harvest is bringing a hunger more ferocious than most have ever known.That hunger is already stalking Haboue Solange Boue, an infant who.......
UN rights body to examine 'systemic' US racism and police brutalityThe top U.N. human rights body agreed on Monday to hold an urgent debate on allegations of “systemic racism, police brutality and violence against peaceful protests” in the United States and elsewhere on Wednesday. The U.N. Human Rights Council’s decision followed a request last we....
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Soldiers from Mali, Burkina Faso and Niger engaged in the fight against jihadists in the central Sahel have been accused of increasingly....
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At least 15 civilians have been killed in northern Burkina Faso during an attack attributed to jihadists, the government said Saturday.....
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Humanitarian Crisis in the SahelLarge-scale population displacements, armed attacks and high levels of food insecurity have contributed to a humanitarian emergency in the 3 border zone of Burkina Faso, Mali and Niger....
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Burkina Faso struggles against COVID-19 and extremist threatOUAGADOUGOU, Burkina Faso (AP) — The last time Amado Compaore saw his wife, she asked him for a phone charger so she could text friends and let them know she was OK. She died just hours later.
Rose Marie Compaore, 62, Burkina Faso's second Vice President of the parliament, became the first pers....
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Report says Burkina Faso forces killed 31 unarmed menOUAHIGOUYA, Burkina Faso (AP) — Burkina Faso's security forces reportedly killed 31 unarmed men in the country's north earlier this month, according to a report on Monday by Human Rights Watch.
The killings occurred on April 9, hours after the men were detained during a government counterterror....
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Chinese doctors head to Africa to join Covid-19 fightTeams of Chinese doctors have set off to Ethiopia and Burkina Faso to support efforts to fight coronavirus pandemic, state-owned China Global Television Network reports.Their....
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IMF approves $230 million in virus aid for Niger, Burkina FasoABIDJAN, Ivory Coast – The International Monetary Fund (IMF) has approved emergency aid totaling nearly $230 million (210 million euros) to help two Sahel countries fight the coronavirus.
The IMF's executive board gave the green light to disbursements of $115.3 million to Burkina Faso and $11....
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Triple jump star Zango's 1, 2, 3 of lockdown lifeHow Burkina Faso's Hugues Fabrice Zango - who was hoping to be his country's first Olympic medalist at Tokyo 2020 - is changing his mentality to cope with the coronoavirus lockdown.....
Niger announces first coronavirus caseNIAMEY, Niger – Niger on Thursday, March 19, recorded its first coronavirus case in a man returning to Niamey from Togo via Ivory Coast and Burkina Faso, the health minister said.
The 36-year-old man from Niger was in a "stable" condition, health minister Illiassou Mainassara said in a state....
Sub-Saharan Africa records 1st coronavirus deathOUAGADOUGOU, Burkina Faso – Sub-Saharan Africa's weeks-long reprieve from the fatal impact of the coronavirus came to an end on Wednesday, March 18, as Burkina Faso announced the death of a 62-year-old woman who had been suffering from diabetes.
Africa has lagged behind the global curve for....
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Abducted couple found in MaliA Canadian woman and her Italian partner kidnapped in Burkina Faso in 2018 have been found alive in the northwest of Mali by UN peacekeepers, diplomat....
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Western couple abducted in Burkina in 2018 found alive in MaliBAMAKO, Mali – A Canadian woman and her Italian partner kidnapped in Burkina Faso in 2018 have been found alive in the northwest of Mali by UN peacekeepers, diplomatic and UN sources said on Saturday, March 14.
"UN blue helmets found an Italian citizen and a Canadian citizen near Kidal, who ......
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At least 43 killed in attack on Burkina Faso villagesUnidentified assailants killed at least 43 people in raids on villages in northern Burkina Faso on Sunday, in one of the deadliest such attacks of the past year, the government said.....
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Facebook's Political and Issue Ad Policies, Transparency Tools Added to 32 CountriesFacebook is bringing its political and issue ad policies and transparency tools to 32 more countries, effective in mid-March. The social network said in a blog post that the policies and tools are being added in Australia, Belize, Bolivia, Burkina Faso, Chile, Colombia, C?te D'Ivoire, Dominican Repu....
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Pakistan ranked least internet inclusive country in S. Asia: reportKARACHI: Pakistan has been ranked 76th out of 100 countries on the inclusive internet index 2020 released by the Economist Intelligence Unit (EIU), falling into the last quartile of the global index overall.
The 'Inclusive Internet Index' benchmarks countries on the internet's availability, affo....
Gunmen kill 24 in Burkina Faso villageGunmen killed at least 24 people in an attack on a village in northern Burkina Faso, a regional governor said.....
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The 15 fastest-growing cities in the worldCarolyn Kaster/AP
The world's projected fastest-growing cities based on UN population estimates are all in Africa.
The United Nations publishes annual population projections for future years, and we looked at the cities with the biggest projected growth by 2035.
Among the fastest-growing cities....
'Jihadist attack' kills nearly 20 civilians in Burkina FasoOuagadougou (AFP) Feb 2, 2020
Suspected jihadists killed nearly 20 civilians in an attack overnight on the northern Burkina Faso village of Bani, Seno province, security sources said Sunday.
"The attackers, heavily armed and on motorbikes, literally executed the local inhabitants," the sec....
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France ramps up Sahel military presence to counter jihadist threatParis (AFP) Feb 2, 2020
France said Sunday it was boosting its military presence in the Sahel by adding a further 600 troops to its 4,500-strong operation in Mali and four other countries in the region.
Defence Minister Florence Parly said in a statement that the bulk of the reinforcements....
These 10 countries face the biggest humanitarian crises in 2020Reuters
The International Rescue Committee humanitarian group has published its annual "Emergency Watchlist" listing the ten countries facing the world's worst crises in 2020.
These countries combined are home to less than 6% of the global population, but produced 74% of the world's refugees, th....
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Highest global tensions this century risk miscalculation: UN chiefUNITED NATIONS: UN Secretary General Antonio Guterres warned on Monday that global political tensions at their highest level this century are escalating and leading more and more countries to take unpredicted decisions with unpredictable consequences and a profound risk of miscalculation.
The UN ....
Morocco's High Audiovisual Authority Monitors Media in Burkina FasoRabat – Morocco's High Authority of Audiovisual Communication (HACA) opened a monitoring center for Burkina Faso's Higher Council of Communication (CSC) on Friday, December 27. The new monitoring center will ensure 24/7 recording of 60 radio stations and 24 television channels, with storage capaci....
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ISIS claims attack that killed 7 Burkina soldiersABIDJAN, Ivory Coast – The Islamic State (ISIS) group on Friday, December 27, claimed an attack that killed 7 soldiers at their base in Burkina Faso, according to the United States group SITE that monitors extremist groups.
The Islamic State West Africa Province (ISWAP) did not claim responsib....
