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10 Apr 2020 | 11:48 AM UTC
Burkina Faso: Militant attack kills five soldiers in Sollé (Loroum province) April 9
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04 Apr 2020 | 11:06 PM UTC
Burkina Faso: Attack on military patrol recorded in Boucle du Mouhoun region April 3 /update 1
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04 Apr 2020 | 06:21 AM UTC
Burkina Faso: UN records 800,000 internally displaced persons April 2
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31 Mar 2020 | 03:50 AM UTC
Burkina Faso: Military patrol attacked in Boucle du Mouhoun region March 29
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27 Mar 2020 | 11:56 AM UTC
Burkina Faso: Authorities declare state of sanitary emergency March 27 /update 5
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25 Mar 2020 | 11:39 AM UTC
Burkina Faso: Authorities enact further restrictive measures due to COVID-19 /update 4
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21 Mar 2020 | 03:58 AM UTC
Burkina Faso: Overnight curfew in effect from March 21 /update 3
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18 Mar 2020 | 10:59 AM UTC
Burkina Faso: Authorities close schools until at least March 31 due to COVID-19 /update 2
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18 Mar 2020 | 01:32 AM UTC
Burkina Faso: Unions maintain strike through March 20 /update 1
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