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DAKAR, Senegal (AP) — Burkina Faso’s ruling military junta arrested three prominent journalists, escalating its crackdown on media freedom in the West African country, according to a Human ...

A military alliance between Mali, Burkina Faso and Niger withdrew their respective ambassadors from Algeria in response to ...