United Nations | Xinhua | United Nations Secretary-General Antonio Guterres said on Tuesday that military coups are not acceptable in the 21st century while speaking briefly about the military coup that occurred in the West African country of Burkina Faso the day before. “Democratic societies are a value that must be …
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United Nations | Xinhua | United Nations Secretary-General Antonio Guterres on Monday called on all actors in Burkina Faso to exercise restraint and opt for dialogue after the country’s army deposed the president in West Africa’s latest coup. The UN chief “strongly condemns any attempt to take over a government by …
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Ougadougou, Burkina Faso | XINHUA | More than 100 civilians were killed and dozens wounded by suspected terrorists overnight in a village in northern Burkina Faso, according to media reports on Saturday. Terrorists raided the village of Solhan in the province of Yagha, killing residents of the village, burning …
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Kampala, Uganda | THE INDEPENDENT | The Uganda National Football team, the Cranes has been held to a goalless draw in group B of the Africa Cup of Nations -AFCON qualifier game played at St Mary’s Stadium, Kitende. The draw, against Burkina Faso, now delays Uganda’s hope of …
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FULL TIME: 🇺🇬 Uganda 0 🇧🇫 Burkina Faso 0 🇸🇸 South Sudan 0 🇲🇼 Malawi 1 Dennis ONYANGO [GK+C] Nicholas WADADA Joseph OCHAYA Halid LWALIWA Murushid JJUKO Taddeo LWANGA Abdu LUMALA (Orit Ibrahim) Mike AZIRA (Moses Waisswa) Patrick KADDU (Bayo) Emmanuel OKWI Faruku MIYA Kampala, Uganda | THE INDEPENDENT & …
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Sevare, Mali | AFP | Two months ago, all 400 inhabitants of the Malian village Toou grabbed a few belongings and fled fighting between armed groups, leaving their homes behind among the ghosts of the country’s war. Today, they sleep in an abandoned school in Sevare near the regional capital Mopti, …
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Bamako, Mali | AFP | If military operations depend on winning hearts and minds, the thousands of foreign troops deployed to the Sahel to combat jihadism seem to be on losing ground. At first welcomed, these troops find themselves today in the crosshairs as a growing number of locals in …
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✳ AFCON 2021 qualifying ⏺ Wednesday 10pm – Burkina Faso 🇧🇫 vs Uganda Cranes 🇺🇬 ⏺ Nov. 17, 2019 – Uganda Cranes 🇺🇬 vs Malawi Flames 🇲🇼 Ouagadougou, Burkina Faso | THE INDEPENDENT & AFP | New Uganda Cranes coach Johnathan McKinstry can count himself a very lucky man. His …
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Ouagadougou, Burkina Faso | AFP | The expert cups his hands, with the ball-like space between them representing Ouagadougou, the capital of Burkina Faso. He then slowly squeezes his palms together: “The vice is tightening,” he says. The movement is a distressing, yet truthful, statement of where Burkina Faso stands in …
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Yagma, Burkina Faso | AFP | “We have nothing,” says Belen Boureima, a 74-year-old farmer, as his weathered face contemplates the scrap of land in the remote village he and his family must now call home. “But it’s better to be alive here than to stay in Djibo and die.” …
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The Independent Uganda: You get the Truth we Pay the Price
