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West African Countries Set Date For Work On Key Rail Line

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Work to rehabilitate a 1,260-kilometre (782-mile) railway that is a vital link between the Sahel and Atlantic coast will begin on September 15, the governments of Burkina Faso and Ivory Coast said Tuesday. The two governments, along with the track’s operating company Sitarail, signed an agreement setting the date at a meeting in the Burkinabe … Read more

President and Prime Minister of Burkina Faso Taken Hostage By Presidential Guard

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Soldiers fired warning shots to disperse hundreds of protesters outside Burkina Faso’s presidential palace on Wednesday after the presidential guard burst into a cabinet meeting and arrested the interim president, stirring fears of a military coup. The presidential guard gave no explanation for its move, which came less than a month before an election due … Read more