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Ouagadougou (Burkina Faso), Nov 22 (EFE / EPA) .- (Camera: Legnan Koula) Almost 6.5 million voters are called to the polls on Sunday in Burkina Faso for the presidential and legislative elections, which take place in a context of insecurity due to jihadist terrorism, which in the last five years has caused more than a thousand deaths and a million internally displaced people.FOOTAGE OF PEOPLE VOTING IN OUAGADOUGOU AND OF MARC CHRISTIAN KABORÉ, PRESIDENT.
Ouagadougou (Burkina Faso), Nov 21 (EFE / EPA) .- (Camera: Legnan Koula) Almost 6.5 million voters are called to the polls on Sunday in Burkina Faso for presidential and legislative elections, which will take place in a context of insecurity due to jihadist terrorism, which in the last five years has caused more than a thousand deaths and a million internally displaced persons.FOOTAGE OF OUAGADOUGOU.
President of Burkina Faso Roch Kaboré receives three of the four former hostages-- kidnapped in Benin, north of the country--after the French army has freed them in an overnight raid in which two French soldiers were killed. 1ST IMAGES
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