Abidjan, Oct 13, 2025 (AFP) - Burkina magistrates, journalists kidnapped, missing: sources

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2025-10-13
Three appeals' court magistrates in Burkina Faso and two senior journalists from leading private daily newspapers have been kidnapped or reported missing, a media organisation, a friend and a legal source said Monday. Since taking power in a September 2022 coup, the west African country's junta has been accused of repressing critical voices, including by sending people to the front line to fight jihadist violence. Authorities have in recent mont......
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