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Burkina Faso president Kabore secures re-election, preliminary results show

Burkina Faso president Kabore secures re-election, preliminary results show

BURKINA FASO President Roch Kabore has won re-election by a comfortable margin, preliminary results have shown, after an election marred by insecurity that prevented swathes of the West African country from voting. Some analysts had expected a closer contest on Sunday between Kabore, who was elected in 2015, and his main rivals, who argued he had failed to contain Islamist and ethnic violence that forced 1 million people to flee their homes during his first term. The results read out by the election commission showed Kabore won 57.87% of the vote. He needed over 50% to avoid a second round.…
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Sole female candidate for Burkina Faso presidency says education key to progress

Sole female candidate for Burkina Faso presidency says education key to progress

SAM MEDNICK YELI Monique Kam, the only woman among the 12 candidates challenging Burkina Faso's President Roch Marc Kabore in elections on Sunday, did not set out to create her own political party. But when the male-led parties she has worked with for the last decade refused repeatedly to pick her as a parliamentary candidate, she felt she had no choice. The 47-year-old, only the second woman to run for the presidency of Burkina Faso, said she was motivated by a desire to boost girls' education and get more women into public service - something she sees as key to…
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