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Added on the 22/11/2020 13:00:00 - Copyright : EFE Inglés
Presidential hopefuls in Burkina Faso cast ballots in their country's first free elections in decades. Diane Hodges reports.
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.
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