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Now playing Next Burkina Faso Burkina Faso: Two days of mourning after militants kill 41 Militants connected to Al Qaeda and Islamic State have repeatedly attacked armies in the region, inflicting heavy casualties to the armies of Burkina Faso, Niger, and Mali in recent weeks. 26/12/2021
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Now playing Next Burkina Faso More than 100 people killed in deadliest Burkina Faso attack for years At least 138 people died in Burkina Faso in the deadliest attack in the country for years. 05/06/2021
Now playing Next no comment Voting starts in Burkina Faso's presidential election The security crisis has dominated the campaign and an undisclosed number of troops have been deployed for polling day. 22/11/2020
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Now playing Next Burkina Faso Burkina Faso officers killed 31 unarmed detainees, says HRW The victims, all from the nomadic Muslim Peuhl or Fulani community, were reportedly killed within hours of being arrested in the northern town of Djibo on April 9, HRW said in a statement. 20/04/2020
Now playing Next Burkina Faso Terrorists kill 35 civilians in Burkina Faso attack The attack was one of the most deadly in the West African nation's history. 25/12/2019
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Now playing Next Burkina Faso Researchers create fake village filled with GM fungus to fight malaria Scientists from University of Maryland Baltimore and the IRSS research insitute in Burkina Faso created the "mosquito sphere" filled with toxic fungus to kill malaria-carrying mosquitoes 31/05/2019
Now playing Next Burkina Faso Two French soldiers killed during rescue of four hostages in Burkina Faso Two French soldiers have been killed during a rescue operation by special forces of four people being held hostage by an armed group in Burkina Faso 10/05/2019
Now playing Next Burkina Faso Burkina Faso church attack kills six people, including pastor Burkina Faso church attack kills six people, including pastor 29/04/2019
Now playing Next Burkina Faso Multiple targets attacked in Burkina Faso's capital Official and unofficial casualty figures differ after army HQ, French embassy and prime minister's office in Ouagadougou stormed by suspected Islamic militants. 02/03/2018
Now playing Next Burkina Faso Burkina Faso attack: French embassy and army headquarters targeted France's embassy and cultural institute in the Burkina Faso capital are no longer in danger, according to Foreign Minister Jean-Yves le Drian's aide. 02/03/2018
Now playing Next Burkina Faso Burkina Faso "terror attack" kills 18 people At least 18 people are now confirmed dead and 10 others wounded after a suspected terror attack in Burkina Faso. The assault took place in the 14/08/2017
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Now playing Next target Burkina Faso wants to share its gold wealth We are a hundred meters underground, in the tunnels of the Bagassi gold mine. 05/12/2016
Now playing Next the global conversation Burkina Faso's president on growth, military reform and the fight against terrorism Roch Kaboré, who took office in December, faced a tough test in January, when Islamist militants carried out deadly attacks in the capital Ouagadougou. 12/04/2016
Now playing Next Burkina Faso Burkina Faso and Mali agree to work together to fight Islamic militants Burkina Faso and Mali agreed on Sunday to cooperate in countering the growing threat of Islamic militants in West Africa following two deadly attacks 17/01/2016
Now playing Next Burkina Faso Death toll from islamist militant attack on hotel rises The death toll from Friday night’s attack by islamist militants on a hotel in Burkina Faso has risen to twenty-nine. Thirty people were also injured 16/01/2016
Now playing Next Burkina Faso Burkina Faso siege: witnesses describe moment gunmen entered Witnesses to the Ouagadougou attack say suspected Islamist militants shot indiscriminately at them and did not speak French – the national language 16/01/2016
Now playing Next Burkina Faso Burkina Faso attack: 23 dead, of 18 nationalities - correspondent Burkina Faso’s President Kaboré has condemned the attack on the Splendid Hotel as “cowardly and vile.” With the news of multiple operations taking 16/01/2016
Now playing Next Burkina Faso Burkina Faso siege: women among dead attackers, all operations over Operation at Splendid Hotel and Hotel Yibi both over At least 126 hostages released At least 23 people dead President condemns attack Four suspected 16/01/2016
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