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CLEAN : Burkina Faso: Attack victims families updated by government
Family and friends of the 18 victims who died in an attack on a Turkish restaurant in the capital of Burkina Faso get an update on situation from government officials
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CLEAN : Burkina Faso: end of the deadly restaurant terrorist attack
Eighteen people have been killed and a dozen injured in a terrorist attack on a restaurant in Burkina Fasos capital according to the government
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CLEAN : AU's Conde vists Burkina Faso attack site
Guinean President and Chairman of the African Union Alpha Conde visits Burkina Faso in the wake of the killing of nine locals and nine foreigners as they dined on the terrace of a Turkish restaurant in Ouagadougou late Sunday
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CLEAN : Witness describes Burkina Faso restaurant attack
A witness describes what he saw of an attack on a Turkish restaurant in Burkina Faso which left 18 dead
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CLEAN : Silent march held to remember Burkina Faso attack victims
Close to a thousand people including the US Ambassador to Burkina Faso marched in silence down Ouagadougou's main street on Saturday to remember those who died in recent terror attacks and to protest against those who carried them out
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CLEAN : Burkinabe politicians react to death of National Assembly head
Burkinabe political figures react to news that the president of Burkina Faso's National Assembly and head of its ruling party Salifou Diallo has died in Paris age 60 according to the Burkinabe government who didn't give details of the...
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CLEAN : Burkina attack barbarism: Tourism minister
Burkina Faso's Tourism and Culture Minister Tahirou Barry condemns the attack on a Turkish restaurant that left 18 people dead calling it cowardice and barbarism
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CLEAN : Funerals continue in Burkina Faso after deadly attack
Victims funerals continue in Ouagadougou three days after the attack that struck the capital of Burkina Faso which cost the lives of 18 people
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CLEAN : Mali leader declares unity on terror after Burkina attack
Mali's President Ibrahim Boubacar Keita made a trip to Burkina Faso on Tuesday after terror attacks on both countries declaring the Sahel nations were united against jihadism
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CLEAN : Mali leader declares 'unity' on terror after Burkina attack (2)
Mali's President Ibrahim Boubacar Keita made a trip to Burkina Faso on Tuesday after terror attacks on both countries declaring the Sahel nations were united against jihadism
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CLEAN : Ex Burkina leader's brother freed pending extradition hearing
The exiled brother of Burkina Faso's ousted ex president Blaise Compaore is free awaiting an extradition hearing after being arrested at a Paris airport over the 1998 murder of an investigative journalist that rocked his west African...
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CLEAN : A former Ivorian minister remembers Thomas Sankara
While Ivory Coast has sometimes been suspected of involvement in the death of Thomas Sankara Laurent Dona Fologo a former minister and close to Felix Houphouet Boigny denies any Ivorian involvement and remembers a young impetuous Sankara...
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CLEAN : Remembering Sankara Burkina's rebel who renamed a country
Thirty years ago the leader of Burkina Faso's revolution Thomas Sankara was cut down in a hail of bullets a bloody end to a turbulent yet charismatic life that has gained cult status in Africa
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CLEAN : Demo demands justice for slain Burkina leader Sankara
Hundreds of demonstrators in Burkina Faso mark the 30th anniversary of Thomas Sankara's assassination by demanding truth and justice for the killed revolutionary leader
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Macron delivers first major address on the African continent
French President Emmanuel Macron said on Tuesday that Africa is the continent where all the world's contemporary challenges collide.
Macron was speaking to a crowd of university students in Burkina Faso, his first major...
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Macron says smuggling network must be dismantled
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World leaders are meeting to discuss how to tackle rising Islamic extremism in Africa.
French President Emmanuel Macron says the fate of migrants travelling to Libya is a crucial part of the problem.
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CLEAN : Eight people arrested after Ouagadougou attack: prosecutor
Burkinabe prosecutor Maiza Sereme says eight people were arrested and over sixty people interviewed in the investigation into the attack in Ouagadougou that left dozens dead
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Residents react to Friday's twin attacks in Ouagadougou
Residents of Ouagadougou react to Friday's twin attacks on the French Embassy and Burkina Faso's military headquarters which killed at least eight people in the country's capital
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CLEAN : French expats in Burkina Faso react to attack
French expatriates living in Burkina Faso reacted to Friday's twin attack on military headquarters and French embassy in Ouagadougou that killed eight
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CLEAN : French Foreign Minister visits Burkina Faso
French Foreign Minister Jean-Yves Le Drian is in Ouagadougou meeting with his Burkinabe counterpart
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CLEAN : French foreign minister in Burkina Faso backs anti terror fight
Two weeks after attacks in Burkina Faso which hit targets including the French Embassy French Foreign Minister Jean Yves Le Drian met with President Roch Marc Kabore to assure support against terrorism
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Burkina Faso PM visits scene of extremist attack
Burkina Faso's prime minister said Saturday he is revolted by the Islamic extremist attacks that killed at least eight people in the capital, adding that the government and people must remain vigilant against such violence.
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CLEAN : Niger and Togo leaders express solidarity with Burkina Faso
The President of Niger Mahamadou Issoufou on Monday reaffirmed the strength of the alliance of Sahelian countries with France against terrorism during a visit to Ouagadougou three days after the jihadist attacks that hit the capital...
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CLEAN : Burkinabe security forces stand guard outside of French embassy
An armed group attacked the French embassy in Burkina Faso and the country's military headquarters on Friday before being repelled leaving dozens dead