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Filmmakers hope to break culture of silence around FGM

The Irish Times 28 Mar 2023
Creators of Koromousso ... Sally Hayden ... Koromousso ... In the film, she explains that she was told by her mother that if she didn’t undergo the procedure she would be excluded from society and prevented from marrying or living a good life. Other women featured in the film come from Burkina Faso and Guinea, and have similar stories ... .
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Lambers: Feed the hungry

Rutland Herald 17 Mar 2023
In Burkina Faso, the U.N ... $505 million to provide “lifesaving and life changing assistance” to over 3 million people this year. WFP says “An estimated 19,800 people across Burkina Faso’s Sahel Region will experience catastrophic levels of hunger” unless action is taken.
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Celebrating Africa’s strong showing at 73rd edition of the Berlin International Film Festival

Mail Guardian South Africa 06 Mar 2023
Of the A-list film festivals, the Berlinale, which ran from 16 to 26 February, is perhaps the most welcoming of global diversity and, through several initiatives, has often supported African filmmakers and their projects ... In A Golden Life, Boubacar Sangaré follows a group of children as they labour at a gold mine in southern Burkina Faso ...
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France to reduce troops in Africa in new strategy

Business Ghana 01 Mar 2023
Mr Macron described the group as the life insurance of failing regimes. French troops were also asked to leave Burkina Faso in January amid a growing anti-France sentiment ... --Advertisements--. .
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Who was Thomas Sankara, the revolutionary anti-colonist who gave his life fighting neocolonialism?

Indian Express 25 Feb 2023
When asked about his revolutionary goals, Thomas Sankara once said, \u201cOur economic ambition is to use the strength of the people of Burkina Faso to provide, for all, two meals a day and drinking water.\u201d A life cut short and a dream shattered While Sankara was wildly ...
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Africa’s largest film festival offers hope in Burkina Faso

The Associated Press 25 Feb 2023
OUAGADOUGOU, Burkina Faso (AP) — The late Burkina Faso revolutionary leader Thomas Sankara was reburied Thursday, eight years after his body was exhumed as part of an investigation ... All the coffins were draped in Burkina Faso flags with a photo beside them ... A Burkina Faso military tribunal sentenced him to life imprisonment.
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Iconic West African leader Sankara reburied in Burkina Faso

Metro USA 23 Feb 2023
OUAGADOUGOU, Burkina Faso (AP) — Burkina Faso’s revolutionary leader, Thomas Sankara, was reburied Thursday, eight years after his body was exhumed as part of an investigation ... All the coffins were draped in Burkina Faso flags with a photo beside them ... A Burkina Faso military tribunal sentenced him to life imprisonment.
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Revolutionary leader Thomas Sankara reburied in Burkina Faso

Al Jazeera 23 Feb 2023
The body of Burkina Faso’s revolutionary and charismatic leader Thomas Sankara has been reburied alongside 12 comrades at the spot of their assassination nearly 30 years ago ... All the coffins were draped in Burkina Faso flags with a photo beside them.
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New drone footage shows scale of Bakhmut's destruction

Springfield News-Sun 23 Feb 2023
The footage — shot Feb. 13 — shows no people. But they are still there -- somewhere, out of sight, in basements and defensive strongholds, trying to survive ... The size of the garrison that Ukraine has stationed in the city is kept secret ... 1 ... Kelly to learn if he effectively gets ‘life’ sentence ... Iconic West African leader Sankara reburied in Burkina Faso.
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Medical charity MSF suspends operations in Burkina Faso to assess risk

Reuters 18 Feb 2023
MSF said that for an indefinite period it will only respond to life-saving emergencies in all areas where it provides medical and humanitarian support in Burkina Faso ... The group has over 1,000 staff in Burkina Faso and operates in around a dozen localities across the country.
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Death toll from Islamic State attack in Syria at least 53

The Associated Press 18 Feb 2023
“This measure, necessary for the time of mourning, is essential to analyze the risks to which our teams are currently exposed,” the group said on Twitter, adding that it will only respond to life-saving emergencies in Burkina Faso for an indefinite period.
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MSF suspends work in Burkina after two employees killed

Urdu Point 17 Feb 2023
"In all locations where MSF supports and provides medical and humanitarian aid in Burkina Faso, we will only respond to life-saving emergencies for an indefinite period." ... One of the world's poorest nations, Burkina Faso has been rocked by a jihadist insurgency that spilled over from neighbouring Mali in 2015.
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Doctors Without Borders suspends operations in Burkina Faso

Beaumont Enterprise 17 Feb 2023
... exposed,” the group said on Twitter Friday, adding that it will only respond to life-saving emergencies in Burkina Faso for an indefinite period.
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Rights abuses often ‘tipping point’ for extremist recruitment, UN study finds

The Observer 07 Feb 2023
The study focused on eight countries – Burkina Faso, Cameroon, Chad, Mali, Niger, Nigeria, Somalia and Sudan – and found that a quarter of voluntary recruits to extremist organisations cited job opportunities as their reason for joining.
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Burkina Faso suspends trial on killing of ex-leader Sankara

The Associated Press 31 Jan 2023
OUAGADOUGOU, Burkina Faso (AP) — The late Burkina Faso revolutionary leader Thomas Sankara was reburied Thursday, eight years after his body was exhumed as part of an investigation ... All the coffins were draped in Burkina Faso flags with a photo beside them ... A Burkina Faso military tribunal sentenced him to life imprisonment.

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