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2018 Ouagadougou attacks
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2018 Ouagadougou attacks
2023-09-26
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Civilians protest in Ouagadougou, the capital of Burkina Faso, in support of junta leader Ibrahim Traoré amid rumors of a coup plot.
2023-09-15
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The military junta of Burkina Faso orders the French embassy's defense attaché to leave the country due to subversive behavior.
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2023-09-15
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Burkina Faso’s military junta has ordered the French embassy’s defense attaché to leave the country due to subversive behavior.
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2023-09-15
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The military government of Burkina Faso orders the French embassy's defense attaché to leave the country due to subversive behavior.
2023-01-25
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France agrees to withdraw its 400 special forces personnel from Burkina Faso, following the Saturday mandate from the ruling military junta that they withdraw within a month.
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France agrees to withdraw its 400 special forces personnel from Burkina Faso, following Saturday's mandate from the ruling military junta that France withdraw within one month.
2022-09-30
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Junta leader Paul-Henri Sandaogo Damiba is removed from office in a coup d'état after gunfire occurs in the Burkinabé capital of Ouagadougou. Coup leader Ibrahim Traore imposes a curfew, suspends all political civil society activities as well as the Constitution, and closes all land and air borders.
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2022-09-30
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Junta leader Paul-Henri Sandaogo Damiba is removed from office in a coup d'état after gunfire breaks out in the Burkinabé capital of Ouagadougou. Coup leader Ibrahim Traore imposes a curfew, suspends all political civil society activities, suspends the Constitution, and closes all land and air borders.
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2022-09-30
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Junta leader Paul-Henri Sandaogo Damiba is removed from office in a coup d'état after gunfire in the Burkinabé capital of Ouagadougou. Coup leader Ibrahim Traoré imposes a curfew, suspends all political civil society activities as well as the Constitution, and closes all land and air borders.
2021-10-11
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The trial for the assassination of former leader of Burkina Faso Thomas Sankara, known as the "African Che Guevara", begins in Ouagadougou against 14 people, including former president Blaise Compaoré, who will be tried "in absentia". Sankara was assassinated in 1987.
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The trial for the 1987 assassination of former leader of Burkina Faso Thomas Sankara, known as the "African Che Guevara", begins in Ouagadougou against 14 people, including former president Blaise Compaoré, who will be tried "in absentia".
2020-07-9
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The United States says it is "deeply concerned" about abuses by state security forces in the Sahel region and threatens to cut aid to the so-called G-5 nations that form a coalition in the area – Burkina Faso, Mali, Mauritania, Niger, and Chad – if those issues are not addressed. The U.S. also welcomes a summit to be held between the G-5 nations and France and Spain.
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2020-07-9
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The United States says it is "deeply concerned" about abuses by state security forces in the Sahel and threatens to cut aid to the G5 nations that form a coalition in the area – Burkina Faso, Mali, Mauritania, Niger, and Chad – if those issues are not addressed. The U.S. also welcomes a summit to be held between the G5 nations and France and Spain.
2019-11-6
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France announces it will send ground troops to three border areas in Burkina Faso.
2017-08-13
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/feed/2017/08/13/at-least-17-people-including-two-canadians-are-reported-dead-and-eight-others-injured-in-an-attack-on-a-turkish-themed
At least 17 people, including two Canadians, are reported dead and eight others injured in an attack on a Turkish themed restaurant in Ouagadougou, the capital of Burkina Faso.
2017-05-15
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/feed/2017/05/15/a-trial-at-a-court-in-ouagadougou-burkina-faso-opens-to-try-former-president-blaise-compaore-and-members-of-his-cabine
A trial at a court in Ouagadougou, Burkina Faso, opens to try former President Blaise Compaoré and members of his cabinet in absentia. Burkina Faso accuses Compaoré, who is in exile in the Ivory Coast, of ordering the killing of protesters during the uprising that ousted him in 2014.
2014-07-24
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Air Algérie Flight 5017 loses contact with air traffic controllers 50 minutes after takeoff. It was travelling between Ouagadougou, Burkina Faso and Algiers with 116 people on board. The wreckage is later found in Mali.
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French embassy in Ouagadougou attacked
2018
Twin attacks, also targeting army headquarters, leave eight security personnel dead.
A terrorist attack at the French embassy and military headquarters in Ouagadougou, Burkina Faso, leaves 28 people dead and at least 50 others injured.