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CLEAN : International envoys praise Burkina junta as 'very open'
The military junta that seized power in Burkina Faso a week ago appears "very open" during talks with international mediators, the Ghanaian foreign minister says, calling their attitude a "good sign (Footage by AFPTV via Getty Images)
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CLEAN : The social discontentment that helped topple Burkina Faso's government
Azara has gone without pay since February 2021 at her street leaving job in Burkina Faso's capital. But still she goes out every morning to clean the streets of Ouagadougou with her colleagues (Footage by AFPTV via Getty Images)
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CLEAN : Burkinabe government 'working' to get a French convoy back on the road
The government of Burkina Faso says it is "working" so that a French military convoy that protesters have been preventing from moving for nearly a week can reach its "final destination" in Mali via Niger (Footage by AFPTV via Getty Images)
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CLEAN : Ousted Burkina president's party calls for his "immediate release"
The party of ousted Burkina Faso president Roch Marc Christian Kabore demands his "immediate release" saying his house arrest is more like detention (Footage by AFPTV via Getty Images)
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CLEAN : Burkina Faso's transition assembly sworn in
Burkina Faso's transitional assembly takes office with an official ceremony, two months after a coup widely condemned by the country's neighbours and donor countries (Footage by AFPTV via Getty Images)
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CLEAN : West Africa bloc chair says Guinea accepts two-year transition
The current chairman of the organization of West African states, Umaro Sissoco Embalo, says during a press conference with French President Emmanuel Macron that he has convinced the Guinean junta to reduce the transition from three to...
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CLEAN : Burkina junta announces "national remobilization" in fight against jihadists
During a press conference in Ouagadougou, Burkina Faso's Defense minister announces a "national remobilization" to "intensify the fight" against jihadist groups, whose violence continues to increase (Footage by AFPTV via Getty Images)
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CLEAN : W.Africa and European partners bolster ties against Sahel jihadists
Under the so-called Accra Initiative, heads of state from the Gulf of Guinea and leaders from Niger and Burkina Faso met in Ghana with representatives from the West African bloc ECOWAS, the EU, Britain and France (Footage by AFPTV via...
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CLEAN : ECOWAS loans over 6,500 tons of food to Burkina Faso
ECOWAS is lending more than 6,500 tons of food to Burkina Faso for displaced people fleeing jihadist violence, through its regional food security reserve, in partnership with the European Union (Footage by AFPTV via Getty Images)
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CLEAN : Burkina ex-president Compaore 'expected' home by weekend: govt
Burkina Faso's former leader Blaise Compaore, who was forced into exile in 2014, is expected to return to Ouagadougou for a summit of ex-presidents by the end of the week, a government spokesman says (Footage by AFPTV via Getty Images)
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CLEAN : 'Down with France': protesters target the French embassy in Burkina Faso
Pro-Russia and anti-France protesters gather in front of the French embassy in Burkina Faso (Footage by AFPTV via Getty Images)
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CLEAN : Burkina Faso: protesters target the French embassy in the capital
The French embassy in Burkina Faso is targeted by angry protesters and a fire breaks-out as the situation remains unclear in Ouagadougou (Footage by AFPTV via Getty Images)
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CLEAN : Dabo Boukary trial: 20 years in prison for Burkinabe General, Gilbert Diendere
Inside the Ouagadougou Court of Appeal after it sentences General Gilbert Diendere to 20 years, finding him "guilty of complicity in illegal arrest and aggravated abduction" (Footage by AFPTV via Getty Images)
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CLEAN : Burkinabes react to the appointment of Ibrahim Traoré as head of state
The people of Ouagadougou react to the announcement that Captain Ibrahim Traoré, leader of the 30 September coup d'etat, has taken power, "it is a good thing that he assumes (power)" says one man (Footage by AFPTV via Getty Images)
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CLEAN : Burkina coup leader Ibrahim Traore supporters demand his nomination
A young army captain who led the latest coup in Burkina Faso draws hundreds of supporters rallying for him to serve as the transitional president of the jihadist-torn west African country (Footage by AFPTV via Getty Images)
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CLEAN : Opening of conference to nominate president
National meetings are open in Burkina Faso to appoint a transitional president, two weeks after a second coup in eight months brought to power Captain Ibrahim Traoré, whose supporters want him to be appointed, despite him stating he did...
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CLEAN : In Ouagadougou, supporters of coup leader Traoré want him to be appointed head of state
Several hundred people take to the streets in Ouagadougou to demand that coup leader Ibrahim Traoré, who has called a national meeting to appoint a transitional president, be himself appointed as the transitional head of state in Burkina...
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People at looted home of Compaore's brother, damaged assembly
The capital of Burkina Faso remained tense on Saturday, a day after President Blaise Compaore announced his resignation after 27 years following days of violent demonstrations against his bid to amend the constitution to stand for...
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Transitional military leader holds talks with traditional and religious leaders
The transitional military leader of Burkina Faso held talks with religious and traditional leaders in Ouagadougou on Tuesday to try to resolved the country's political crisis.
The army appointed Lieutenant Colonel Isaac Zida as...
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Mauritania's president and current African Union (AU) chief arrives and meets Zida
The head of the African Union (AU) arrived in Burkina Faso on Monday for talks with the country's interim leader, Lieutenant Colonel Isaac Zida, on finding a solution to the political crisis there, after opposition protests forced...
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Flags at half mast in honour of victims of Air Algerie crash, Fabius comment
French flags flew at half-mast on Monday in honour of the 54 French citizens who were killed when Air Algerie flight AH5017 crashed in Mali last week.
At a news conference in Paris, the country's foreign minister, Laurent Fabius, said...
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Demo in support of those challenging leadership in west African nation
Dozens of protesters held a peaceful demonstration outside Burkina Faso's embassy in Paris on Thursday, calling for the country's president Blaise Compaore to step down.
Some already believed he had left power and were dancing and...
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Ousted Burkina Faso President Compaore receives support from home town
A supporter of ousted Burkina Faso President Blaise Compaore reacted to the uncertain political situation in the country on Thursday.
In his hometown of Ziniare, a member of the former ruling party, the Congress for Democracy and...
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World Bank chief talks to APTN ahead of G8 summit in Gleneagles
Washington, DC - 5 July 2005
1. Exterior of World Bank headquarters
2. Signage outside entrance
3. President of the World Bank Paul Wolfowitz walking with aide
4. SOUNDBITE (English) Paul Wolfowitz, President of the World Bank:
"It's...