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Stay current with all the latest and breaking news about Ouagadougou, compare headlines and perspectives between news sources on stories happening today. In total, 44 stories have been published about Ouagadougou which Ground News has aggregated in the past 3 months.

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Army convoy brings food to blockaded Burkina city

Sydney, Australia · Sydney

Army convoy brings food to blockaded Burkina city

100% Right coverage: 2 sources

OUAGADOUGOU - An army convoy has delivered desperately-needed supplies to a northern Burkina Faso city that has been blockaded by jihadists for months, locals and security sources told AFP Wednesday.See the Story

Burkina Faso Home to Almost Half of Closed Schools in Central & West Africa

Africa · Ouagadougou

Burkina Faso Home to Almost Half of Closed Schools in Central & West Africa

100% Center coverage: 1 sources

Over a million children in Burkina Faso are currently affected by school closures. 6,134 academic institutions shut as of February 2023, an increase of over 40 per cent since the end of the last school year. Nearly one out of four schools country-wide are now out of service due to rampant insecurity and violence.See the Story

Hunger projected to worsen in the Sahel

Africa · Ouagadougou

Hunger projected to worsen in the Sahel

Children account for up to 50 percent of the population in Burkina Faso, Mali and Niger. The number of people affected is expected to rise from 5,3 million to 7,5 million in the next six months. Save the Children has called on world leaders to prioritise funding.See the Story

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Crime · Ouagadougou

Doctors Without Borders suspends operations in Burkina Faso

71% Left coverage: 7 sources

Aid group Doctors Without Borders said Friday it’s suspending non-emergency services in Burkina Faso after gunmen killed two of its staff there.

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Europe · Ouagadougou

Burkina Faso's military regime expels French ambassador

55% Left coverage: 11 sources

Burkina Faso's military junta has expelled France's ambassador, authorities said Monday, amid a surge in anti-French sentiment as the West African country moves to develop closer ties with Russia.

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Politics · Ouagadougou

Two attacks by militants kill 18 people in Burkina Faso, claim security sources

42% Center coverage: 7 sources

Four suspected jihadi attacks leave about 30 people dead in Burkina Faso. The dead include 16 volunteers backing up the army, security sources say. The attacks are the latest to hit a civilian auxiliary force supporting the military. The West African nation has been grappling with an insurgency led by jihadis.

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Terrorism · Ouagadougou

More than 70 soldiers killed in Burkina Faso, extremists say

54% Center coverage: 15 sources

The Islamic State group has claimed responsibility for killing more than 70 soldiers, wounding dozens and taking five hostage, in an ambush on a military convoy in northern Burkina Faso.

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Entertainment · Ouagadougou

Africa's largest film festival offers hope in Burkina Faso

44% Center coverage: 25 sources

More than 15,000 people, including cinema celebrities from Nigeria, Senegal and Ivory Coast are expected in Ouagadougou. Some 1,300 films were submitted for consideration and 100 have been selected to compete from 35 African countries and the diaspora. Nearly half of those in the fiction competition this year are directed by women.

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Politics · Ouagadougou

Iconic West African leader Sankara reburied in Burkina Faso

45% Center coverage: 18 sources

Burkina Faso's revolutionary leader, Thomas Sankara, was reburied Thursday, eight years after his body was exhumed as part of an investigation.

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Troops · Ouagadougou

Burkina Faso announces end of French troop operations in the country

40% Center coverage: 15 sources

France and Burkina Faso have officially marked the end of French military operations in the West African nation, the Burkinabe armed forces said on Sunday, after a flag-lowering ceremony at the French special forces' camp a day earlier.

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Terrorism · Ouagadougou

Burkina Faso says 66 women, children freed from extremists

53% Center coverage: 30 sources

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.

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