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Nearly dozen soldiers injured in armed attack in northern Burkina Faso: Re
Updated : 4 years, 2 months ago IST
Sahel [Burkina Faso], January 3 (ANI/Sputnik): At least eleven soldiers were injured in Burkina Faso's northern Sourou Province when armed individuals attacked local military and gendarmerie positions, the national RTB broadcaster reports.
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Malian armed forces say 8 soldiers died, 7 injured after recent terrorist
Updated : 4 years, 2 months ago IST
Bamako [Mali], December 31 (ANI/ Sputnik) - The number of soldiers who died as a result of a Wednesday attack in the western part of Mali increased to eight, and seven more were injured, the Malian Armed Forces said.
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Burkina Faso declares two days of mourning after 41 people were killed in
Updated : 4 years, 2 months ago IST
Ouagadougou [Burkina Faso], December 26 (ANI/Sputnik): Burkina Faso declared on Sunday a 48-hour mourning for the victims of a massive terrorist attack that killed 41 pro-government militia and civilians in the northern province of Loroum earlier this week.
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Lassina Zerbo named Burkina Faso's new prime minister
Updated : 4 years, 3 months ago IST
Ouagadougou [Burkina Faso], December 11 (ANI/Xinhua): Burkina Faso's President Roch Marc Christian Kabore picked Lassina Zerbo as the country's new prime minister on Friday, according to a decree issued on Friday evening.
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Burkina Faso's prime minister dismissed
Updated : 4 years, 3 months ago IST
Ouagadougou [Burkina Faso], December 9 (ANI/Xinhua): Burkina Faso's President Roch Marc Christian Kabore on Wednesday dismissed Prime Minister Christophe Joseph Marie Dabire, said a presidential decree published Wednesday evening.
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Turkey making its 'unprecedented expansion' of its influence in Africa: Re
Updated : 4 years, 3 months ago IST
Ankara [Turkey], December 8 (ANI): Turkey is engaged in an "unprecedented expansion" of its influence in Africa in the past two decades, from its trade volume to the involvement in the social and education sector of the continent, all have increased according to a media report.
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Death toll from attack rises to 53 in Burkina Faso
Updated : 4 years, 3 months ago IST
Ouagadougou [Burkina Faso], November 18 (ANI/Xinhua): The death toll of an attack on Sunday in northern Burkina Faso raised from 32 to 53, including 49 gendarmes, said the Communications Minister and government spokesperson, Ousseni Tamboura at the Council of Ministers on Wednesday.
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At least 20 killed in attack in northern Burkina Faso
Updated : 4 years, 3 months ago IST
Ouagadougou [Burkina Faso], November 15 (ANI/Xinhua): At least 20 people, including 19 gendarmes, were killed on Sunday in a terrorist attack against the detachment of the Inata gendarmerie, in Soum province in the Sahel region, Security Minister Maxim Kone announced on the national radio of
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Terrorists' attack in northern Burkina Faso leaves 80 people dead
Updated : 4 years, 6 months ago IST
Sahel [Burkina Faso], August 20 (ANI/Sputnik): Terrorists staged an attack in the northern part of Burkina Faso that left 80 people killed, the Ministry of Communications said.
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47 people including 30 civilians killed in Burkina Faso attack
Updated : 4 years, 6 months ago IST
Sahel [Burkina Faso], August 19 (ANI/Xinhua): Fourty-seven people, including 30 civilians, 14 military soldiers and 3 army auxiliaries members, were killed in an attack on Wednesday in the northern Sahel region of Burkina Faso, an official statement said on Wednesday.
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12 Burkina Faso soldiers killed in ambush
Updated : 4 years, 7 months ago IST
Ouagadougou [Burkina Faso], August 9 (ANI): Twelve soldiers were killed in an ambush on Sunday in northeast Burkina Faso, communication minister Ousseni Tamboura said in a statement on Monday.
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Merck Foundation brings together 13 African First Ladies and 27 Ministers
Updated : 4 years, 8 months ago IST
Lusaka [Zambia]/ Mumbai (Maharashtra) [India], June 23 (ANI/BusinessWire India): Merck foundation "More than a Mother" Ambassadors, African First Ladies of Angola, Botswana, Burkina Faso, Burundi, Central African Republic, Democratic Republic of Congo, Ghana, Guinea Conakry, Liberia, Malawi,
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