Burkina Faso says 66 women, children freed from extremists

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Burkina Faso’s army has freed 66 women and children who were abducted earlier this month by Islamic extremists while gathering food in the country’s northern Sahel region, according to a state television report Friday.

Published 4 months ago · Ouagadougou, Burkina Faso

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