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The French embassy in Burkina Faso is targeted by angry protesters and a fire breaks-out as the situation remains unclear in Ouagadougou. Burkina Faso's army dismisses a claim by junior officers that they had seized power in the West African country. IMAGES
Helicopters fly around the French embassy in Ouagadougou after it was attacked and four assailants were killed. IMAGES
Demonstrators burn a French flag and attack an entrance to the French embassy in Niamey during a demonstration bringing together thousands of people in support of the military junta and General Abdourahamane Tiani, head of the elite presidential guard, who has proclaimed himself the new leader of the West African country. IMAGES
The funeral for the Burkina Faso military officers killed in an attack on a supply convoy headed for the northern town to Djibo on September 26 is held in the coutnry's capital, Ougadougou. The ambush, claimed by Al-Qaeda, with an official death toll of 37 people, 27 of them soldiers, has become emblematic of the state's inability to secure remote countryside areas and protect local people, 10 years into a bloody jihadist insurgency in the Sahel region. IMAGES
The two Frenchmen freed by French special forces in Burkina Faso, Patrick Picque and Laurent Lassimouillas, were kidnapped on May 1 during a tourist trip to Benin. PHOTO of the two freed French hostages
Six people were killed in the Burkina Faso capital of Ouagadougou on Friday when they attacked the French embassy and the country's military headquarters, the government said, adding that members of the security forces had also been wounded. PHOTOS of authorities responding to attack
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