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CLEAN : In Burkina Faso, many hope Sankara trial will 'shed light on his murder'
Fourteen men, including a former president, will go on trial in Burkina Faso over the assassination in 1987 of Thomas Sankara, the country's revolutionary leader and a pan-African icon (Footage by AFPTV via Getty Images)
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CLEAN : Burkina Faso demonstrators block French military convoy
Thousands of people demonstrate in Kaya, the capital of the north-central region of Burkina Faso, against the passage of a large French army convoy on its way to neighbouring Niger (Footage by AFPTV via Getty Images)
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CLEAN : Burkina resumes trial of left-wing idol Sankara's alleged killers
The trial of 14 men including Burkina Faso's former president, accused in the assassination of left-wing leader Thomas Sankara 34 years ago, resumes at a military court in Ouagadougo (Footage by AFPTV via Getty Images)
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CLEAN : PROFILE: Burkinabe ex-president Blaise Compaore
Profile of Burkina Faso's former president Blaise Compaore (Footage by AFPTV via Getty Images)
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CLEAN : Outside the Sankara murder trial court in Burkina Faso
Relatives and lawyers attending the trial of the suspected killers of former Burkinabe president and revolutionary leader Thomas Sankara, who was assassinated along with 12 of his companions in a 1987 coup, leave a court in the capital...
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CLEAN : UN urges Burkina military to free president 'immediately'
The United Nations denounces the military takeover in Burkina Faso and calls for the immediate release of President Roch Marc Christian Kabore and other top officials, says Ravina Shamdasani, spokeswoman of the UN High Commissioner for...
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CLEAN : Burkina Faso: Opposition and businesses protest internet blackout
Businesses and the opposition in Burkina Faso are protesting against the "unjustified" removal of the Internet for the past four days, at a time when demonstrations are taking place against the government, which is accused of being...
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CLEAN : Crowd celebrates Burkina army outside public TV
Protester cheer on the military as soldiers stand guard outside Burkina Faso's public television station RTB, where commanders announced the overthrow of President Roch Marc Christian Kaboré's government (Footage by AFPTV via Getty Images)
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CLEAN : Burkina Faso: rally of support for barracks revolt
We have seen enough, the president must leave" : people gather at a square in central Ouagadougou to show support for a revolt by soldiers, after gunfire broke out at several army barracks in Burkina Faso (Footage by AFPTV via Getty Images)
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CLEAN : Burkina Faso: barricades and burning tires in the capital as unrest continues
Barricades of burning tires set up by demonstrators block some of the major road in Burkina Faso's capital, after other protesters angry over the government's handling of the jihadist threat set fire to the headquarters of the ruling...
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CLEAN : Burkinabe soldiers near the Sangoulé Lamizana military camp
Burkinabe soldiers block a road leading to the Sangoulé Lamizana military camp in the capital Ouagadougou, after gunfire was heard several barracks in Burkina Faso (Footage by AFPTV via Getty Images)
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CLEAN : STOCKSHOTS: security forces and military in Burkina Faso
Stockshots of Burkinabe security forces and soldiers from France's Barkhane operation (Footage by AFPTV via Getty Images)
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CLEAN : Ivory Coast PM announces youth aid plan to counter jihadist lure
Ivory Coast PM Patrick Achi announces a vast social aid plan in the country’s north, designed to prevent young people in the area - which shares borders with Mali and Burkina Faso - from joining Jihadist movements (Footage by AFPTV via...
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CLEAN : A new start in Ivory Coast for Burkinabe refugees fleeing jihadists
They have abandoned their homes, their crops and their belongings: driven out by deadly jihadist attacks, more than 6,000 people have left southern Burkina Faso in recent months, walking to Ivory Coast to find precious refuge and start...
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CLEAN : Ouagadougou residents welcome absence of ECOWAS sanctions on Burkina Faso
Ouagadougou residents hail a lack of ECOWAS sanctions after West African leaders decided against toughening sanctions against Burkina Faso after it became the region's latest country to be hit by a coup, opting instead to demand a...
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CLEAN : Police fire tear gas at anti-government protesters in Burkina
Police in Burkina Faso fire tear gas to disperse hundreds of protesters at an unsanctioned anti-government rally in the capital, with protesters calling for President Roch Marc Christian Kabore to step down (Footage by AFPTV via Getty...
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CLEAN : Eddie Komboïgo is re-elected leader of Burkina Faso opposition party
Burkina Faso's opposition party, the Congress for Democracy and Progress (CDP), has re-elected Eddie Komboïgo as its leader during its 8th Congress in Ouagadougou (Footage by AFPTV via Getty Images)
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CLEAN : Burkina Faso: streets of Ouagadougou after mutinies
Images of the streets of Ouagadougou, in Burkina Faso, after hooded soldiers take up positions outside the state TV in the capital, a day after mutinies by troops prompted fears of a coup (Footage by AFPTV via Getty Images)
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CLEAN : International envoys says Burkina's Kaboré in 'good spirits'
Burkina Faso's ousted president Roch Marc Christian Kabore is "in good spirits", says the Ghanaian foreign minister, who headed a delegation that met with the new Burkinabe strongman in the capital Ouagadougou (Footage by AFPTV via Getty...
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CLEAN : Jihadist threat stirs anti-Fulani hostility in Ivory Coast
In Kafolo, a small Ivorian town near the Burkina Faso border, recent jihadist attacks have exacerbated hostility toward the Fulani, who are accused of making up the bulk of the armed groups (Footage by AFPTV via Getty Images)
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CLEAN : Demonstration in Burkina Faso capital in support of coup
Supporters of Burkina Faso's new ruling junta rally in the capital Ouagadougou, a day after soldiers overthrew the government of President Roch Marc Christian Kabore (Footage by AFPTV via Getty Images)
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CLEAN : Burkina Faso newspaper headlines one day after military coup
Newspaper front pages in Burkina Faso report on the military coup, while people in the street react to overthrow of the government of president Roch Marc Christian Kaboré (Footage by AFPTV via Getty Images)
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CLEAN : Football/AFCON: Disappointed Tunisia fans watch defeat against Burkina Faso in a café
In a café in El Aouina, near Tunis, Tunisia fans watch their team's 1-0 defeat against Burkina Faso in the AFCON quarter-final (Footage by AFPTV via Getty Images)
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CLEAN : Ouagadougou residents doubt ECOWAS effectiveness as bloc meets in Burkina Faso
Residents of Ouagadougou react as a delegation of Community of West African States (ECOWAS) military officials arrives in the country, with some saying ECOWAS is "not legitimate" or not welcome (Footage by AFPTV via Getty Images)