Burkina Faso
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Burkina Faso’s latest coup leader becomes transitional presidentCapt. Ibrahim Traore officially became Burkina Faso's transitional president Friday, two weeks after he seized power in the country's second coup this year.WorldOct 14, 2022
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Burkina Faso army members claim to overthrow military government in coupFriday's developments felt all too familiar in West Africa, where a coup in Mali in August 2020 set off a series of military power grabs in the region.WorldSep 30, 2022
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B.C. corporation’s manager, contractor convicted in deadly Burkina Faso mine floodThe Vancouver-based miner issued a statement Thursday thanking local communities and Perkoa employees who attended a Burkina Faso court to hear the verdicts Wednesday.CanadaSep 14, 2022
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B.C.’s Trevali Mining recovers final two of eight workers killed in Burkina Faso mine floodThe catastrophe is under investigation by Trevali and Burkina Faso. The West African nation has also imposed temporary travel restrictions on some of Trevali’s foreign employees.CanadaJun 20, 2022
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Bodies of two more missing workers found at B.C. company’s Burkina Faso mineTrevali Mining Corp., based in Vancouver, has now reported six of eight miners who disappeared after a catastrophic flood at its Perkoa Mine in April have been found dead.CanadaMay 30, 2022
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Vancouver’s Trevali Mining confirms bodies of 4 workers found in Burkina FasoThe Perkoa Mine in West Africa was flooded with heavy rainfall on April 16. The cause of the disaster within the mine remains under investigation.CanadaMay 26, 2022
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B.C. company Trevali reports no survivors in refuge chamber after Burkina Faso mine floodTrevali Mining Corp. says none of the eight workers missing since the Perkoa Mine in Burkina Faso flooded a month ago were able to reach an underground refuge chamber.CanadaMay 17, 2022
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2 killed, 18 injured after French convoy uses force on Niger protestersThe armoured vehicles and logistics trucks had crossed the border on Friday after being blocked in Burkina Faso for a week by demonstrations there.WorldNov 27, 2021
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At least 132 civilians killed in attack in Burkina Faso, officials sayPresident Roch Marc Christian Kabore called the attack "barbaric."WorldJun 5, 2021
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Quebec woman returns home after abduction in Burkina FasoÉdith Blais, the Canadian woman who was kidnapped in Burkina Faso in December 2018, has returned home.CanadaMar 27, 2020
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