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French military convoy blocked in Burkina Faso as protests continue • FRANCE 24 English

FRANCE24, 24 Nov 2021
A convoy of French troops in #BurkinaFaso was stopped en route to #Niger on Friday by a human barricade of protesters opposed to #France's involvement in a regional conflict with #jihadists. Anger is rising in the former French colony over the inability of Burkinabe and international forces to prevent rising violence by Islamist militants as FRANCE 24's Senior Reporter Cyril Payen explains.

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