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Turkey opens vocational training center in Burkina Faso
Turkey's state-run aid agency on April 24 brought a vocational training center into service for women in Burkina Faso, a West African country.
Attack against the French Embassy and Institute in Ouagadougou
Attack in the center of Ouagadougou, the capital of Burkina Faso, against the French Embassy and the General Staff of the Local Armed Forces. "The situation is under control," said French envoy Jean-Yves Le Diane, quoted by France Press.
Authorities in the West African country reported "four neutralized attackers," possibly Islamists.
French soldiers accused of paedophilia in custody in France
Two French special forces soldiers accused of sexually abusing children in Burkina Faso returned home on July 2 and were taken into custody, said a legal source.
Two French soldiers suspended over Burkina child sex claims
France has suspended two of its soldiers over allegations they sexually abused children, including a five-year-old girl, in the west African country of Burkina Faso, the defence ministry said June 30.
Burkina Faso minister confirms French, American troops involvement in searches of abducted Romanian
French and American troops are helping the army of Burkina Faso in the search operations for a Romanian hostage, Burkinabe Interior Security Minister Auguste Denise Barry declared on Tuesday, as quoted by AFP.
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The French and American have drones based in neighbouring Niger, operating over the Sahel.
Romanian security officer abducted in Burkina Faso, Romanian Foreign Ministry activates crisis task force
Gunmen kidnapped a Romanian security officer from a manganese mining project in northern Burkina Faso on Saturday, Reuters reports.
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Wreckage of Air Algerie plane carrying 116 people found in Mali
Authorities said on July 24 they located the wreckage of an Air Algerie flight after it crashed in northern Mali carrying 116 passengers and crew, nearly half of them French, en route from Burkina Faso to Algeria.