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88-year-old Australian doctor freed 7 years after kidnapping by Islamic extremists in West Africa

CANBERRA, Australia ((DailyNews)) — An 88-year-old Australian doctor held captive by Islamic extremists in West Africa for more than seven years has been...

Mass killing of civilians by security forces in Burkina Faso

DAKAR, Senegal ((DailyNews)) — The accounts are horrific. Women killed while carrying babies on their backs, the wounded hunted down and villagers watching...

Africa’s largest film festival offers hope in Burkina Faso

OUAGADOUGOU, Burkina Faso ((DailyNews)) — Most film festivals can be counted on to provide entertainment, laced with some introspection.The weeklong FESPACO that opens Saturday...

Burkina Faso says 66 women, children freed from extremists

OUAGADOUGOU, Burkina Faso ((DailyNews)) — Burkina Faso’s army has freed 66 women and children who were abducted earlier this month by Islamic extremists while...

Ousted Burkina Faso leader leaves country for Togo

OUAGADOUGOU, Burkina Faso ((DailyNews)) — Burkina Faso’s ousted coup leader Lt. Col. Paul Henri Sandaogo Damiba left the country for Togo Sunday two days...

Protesters attack French Embassy in Burkina Faso after coup

OUAGADOUGOU, Burkina Faso ((DailyNews)) — Angry protesters attacked the French Embassy in Burkina Faso’s capital Saturday after supporters of the West African nation’s new...

Army officers appear on Burkina Faso TV, declare new coup

OUAGADOUGOU, Burkina Faso ((DailyNews)) — More than a dozen soldiers seized control of Burkina Faso’s state television late Friday, declaring that the country’s coup...

55 people killed in latest attack in northern Burkina Faso

OUAGADOUGOU, Burkina Faso ((DailyNews)) — Gunmen killed at least 55 people over the weekend in northern Burkina Faso, authorities said Monday, the latest attack...

‘We don’t have food’: African leaders meet as crises grow

DJIBO, Burkina Faso ((DailyNews)) — African leaders gathered for a summit Friday in Malabo, Equatorial Guinea, to address growing humanitarian needs on the continent,...

Security concerns, lack of support stall Africa’s Green Wall

OUAGADOUGOU, Burkina Faso ((DailyNews)) — A series of complex challenges, including a lack of funding and political will as well as rising insecurity linked...

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