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Burkina Faso bans more foreign media over Human Rights Watch massacre report
World
Burkina Faso has suspended yet more foreign media outlets over their coverage of a report accusing its army of killing 223 civilians. ...
Burkina Faso suspends BBC over HRW report on alleged mass killings
World
Burkina Faso has suspended the BBC and US public broadcaster Voice of America over their coverage of a report accusing its army ...
US to withdraw from Niger after security pact fails in strategic victory for Russia
Politics
The US will withdraw more than 1,000 military personnel from Niger in a move that will force the Biden administration to rethink ...
Guinea junta appoints Mamadou Oury Bah as new prime minister
World
Former Guinean opposition leader Mamadou Oury Bah has been appointed prime minister by the country’s military junta, a week after it abruptly ...
France closes Niger embassy after row with military junta
World
France is closing its embassy in Niger indefinitely as tensions between the two countries escalate. The embassy says it is “no longer ...
Mali’s ancient city defies jihadist siege to stage a festival
World
In the shadow of Timbuktu’s ivory-coloured Monument To Peace, musicians from across Mali took the stage as the sun set on the ...
