Faso
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| Gender | Male |
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| Age | 59 |
| Date of birth | April 7,1965 |
| Zodiac sign | Aries |
| Born | Milan |
| Italy | |
| Music groups | Elio e le Storie Tese |
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| ID | 2280904 |
Faso Life story
Niger coup: Fear and anger in Niamey as Ecowas threatens force
... Moscow has built close ties with neighbouring Mali and Burkina Faso - two other former French colonies which have seen recent military takeovers...
Niger coup: Fact-checking misinformation spreading online
... However, Mali and Burkina Faso - Ecowas members led by military leaders - said they would side with the junta in the event of any outside intervention...
Niger coup makes the troubled Sahel region yet more fragile
... If it does, it would follow the path of two of its neighbours - Burkina Faso and Mali - which have both pivoted towards Moscow since recent military coups of their own...
The Gambian man who took on a tyrant and made history
... He was not an Amílcar Cabral, liberator of Guinea-Bissau and Cape Verde, or a Thomas Sankara, the anti-imperialist revolutionary who led Burkina Faso - two men slain before their life s work was done...
Why Russia is cheering on the Burkina Faso coup
...By Mayeni JonesBBC West Africa correspondentThe latest coup in Burkina Faso saw young people waving Russian flags in the streets of the capital, Ouagadougou - something that must have warmed hearts in the Kremlin...
Why a Frenchman built a 'Tudor' castle in Burkina Faso
...Originally from France, Thibault Fornier, 55, and his business partner Jean-Koala, 28, have graduated in the last 10 years building a Tudor , complete with turrets and battlements, on the outskirts of Burkina Faso s capital, Ouagadougou...
Burkina Faso: Many women killed in jihadist attack
...Security forces in Burkina Faso have been battling militants for years Suspected Islamist militants have killed 35 civilians, 31 of them women, in an attack on a military base and a town in Burkina Faso, officials say...
West Africa: Is France losing ground to militants?
... " Francois LecointreHead of the French armed forcesThe current French operation has been running since 2014, co-ordinating on security issues with Mali, Mauritania, Niger, Burkina Faso and Chad...
Burkina Faso: Many women killed in jihadist attack
Security forces in Burkina Faso have been battling militants for years
Suspected Islamist militants have killed 35 civilians, 31 of them women, in an attack on a military base and a town in Burkina Faso , officials say.
They say seven soldiers and 80 militants were also killed as the army repelled Tuesday's attack in Arbinda, in northern Soum province.
President Roch Marc Christian Kaboré declared Two Days of national mourning.
Jihadist groups have stepped up attacks in Burkina Faso and other West African countries, in recent years.
The violence has continued despite Western efforts to help regional governments combat the insurgents. In November, during an operation in southern Mali, near The Border with Burkina Faso .
Last weekend, French President Emmanuel Macron highlighted The Fight against militants in the Sahel region during a visit to Niger.
"The coming weeks are absolutely decisive for our fight against terrorism," he said.
Tuesday's attack was carried Out by dozens of fighters on motorbikes and lasted several hours. No group has so far said it was behind it, but groups allied to al-Qaeda or Islamic State are active in the region.
"This barbaric attack resulted in the deaths of 35 civilian victims, most of them women," President Kaboré said in a statement. He also praised the "heroic action of our soldiers" who battled the assailants.
Earlier this month, at least 14 people were killed after gunmen opened fire inside a church in The East of the country.
Burkina Faso , a predominantly Muslim country, was once relatively stable but has descended into serious unrest since 2015. About 700 people have been killed and 560,000 displaced.
The Conflict spread across The Border from neighbouring Mali, where Islamist militants took over the north of the country in 2012 before French troops pushed them Out .
jihadism, burkina faso
Source of news: bbc.com