Burkina Faso authorities ban planned Ouagadougou protests | News
Demonstrations planned for Saturday prohibited for ‘security reasons’; last protest in November turned violent. Authorities in Burkina Faso’s capital, Ouagadougou,
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Inger Ashing: Are we failing to protect vulnerable children? | Child Rights
From: Talk to Al Jazeera Save the Children’s CEO discusses whether NGOs have failed to make a difference in the
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Sahel violence threatens West African coastal states | News
Benin, a small coastal country in West Africa, has been relatively unscathed from a security crisis that has wreaked havoc
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Burkinabe soldiers held over plot to ‘destabilise’ institutions | News
Authorities say the alleged plot was uncovered after ‘a member of the gang’ denounced the plan. Authorities in Burkina Faso
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The Man Who Plants Baobabs: A Burkina Faso hero | Environment
Video Duration 12 minutes 34 seconds 12:34 From: Africa Direct Meet El Hadji, the man whose baobab forest provides food
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41 killed in attack by armed groups in Burkina Faso | News
Government says the dead included members of a gov’t-backed civilian self-defence force set up to support the army. Dozens of
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