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May 9, 2020 at 2:04 am

Militants increasing attacks on Burkina Faso mines VIEW

BOUDA, Burkina Faso (AP) — Jihadists burst into the gold mine where Moussa Tambura worked in Burkina Faso, forbidding everyone from smoking and drinking. It...

April 25, 2020 at 2:03 am

Burkina Faso struggles against COVID-19 and extremist threat

OUAGADOUGOU, Burkina Faso (AP) — The last time Amado Compaore saw his wife, she asked him for a phone charger so she could text friends...

April 20, 2020 at 11:29 am

Report says Burkina Faso forces killed 31 unarmed men

OUAHIGOUYA, Burkina Faso (AP) — Burkina Faso’s security forces reportedly killed 31 unarmed men in the country’s north earlier this month, according to a report...

February 17, 2020 at 1:47 am

Gunmen kill 24 in attack near church in Burkina Faso

OUAGADOUGOU, Burkina Faso (AP) — Gunmen killed 24 civilians, including a church pastor, and kidnapped three others on Sunday in Burkina Faso, an official said....

February 13, 2020 at 1:26 am

Getting the story of South Sudan’s devastating oil pollution VIEW

PALOCH, South Sudan (AP) — Air so foul it is hard to take a deep breath. Toxic chemicals seeping into the earth. Mothers giving birth...

In this photo taken Monday, Oct. 1, 2018, containers used for hazardous chemicals lie exposed and piled up at a junkyard run by the Chinese-led Dar Petroleum Operating Company in Gumry, near Paloch, in South Sudan. The oil industry in South Sudan has left a landscape pocked with hundreds of open waste pits with the water and soil contaminated with toxic chemicals and heavy metals, and accounts of “alarming” birth defects, miscarriages and other health problems, according to four environmental reports obtained by The Associated Press. (AP Photo/Sam Mednick) NAI513 NAI513

February 13, 2020 at 12:10 am

South Sudan buries reports on oil pollution, birth defects VIEW

PALOCH, South Sudan (AP) — The oil industry in South Sudan has left a landscape pocked with hundreds of open waste pits, the water and...

February 13, 2020 at 12:05 am

South Sudan ignores reports on oil pollution, birth defects VIEW

PALOCH, South Sudan (AP) — The oil industry in South Sudan has left a landscape pocked with hundreds of open waste pits, the water and...

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January 10, 2020 at 1:06 am

Islamic extremism wracks Burkina Faso, spreading east

FADA N'GOURMA, Burkina Faso (AP) — The jihadists who killed Wabwa Ampougovni's son and two grandchildren wanted them to suffer: They cut the backs of...

December 10, 2019 at 11:13 am

US sanctions 5 South Sudan agents it says killed 2 critics

OUAGADOUGOU, Burkina Faso (AP) — The United States has imposed sanctions on five South Sudan officials, who it says are responsible for the abductions and...

November 13, 2019 at 8:12 am

US ‘gravely disappointed’ by South Sudan unity gov’t delay

NAIROBI, Kenya (AP) — The United States said Wednesday it is “gravely disappointed” and will reevaluate its relationship with South Sudan over the failure of...

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