Abidjan, Aug 12, 2025 (AFP) - Burkina jails 13 people for life over terror acts

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2025-08-12

Burkina Faso has sentenced 13 people to life imprisonment for "acts of terrorism", including a 2018 attack against the French embassy, and given lesser jail terms to more than 60 others, according to an official statement seen Tuesday. The west African nation has been battling jihadist violence for around a decade that the junta which came to power in a coup in September 2022 has struggled to contain. The prison sentences were handed down at hear......

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