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Burkina Faso President Kabore vows reconciliation during second term

Burkina Faso President Kabore vows reconciliation during second term

BURKINA Faso President Roch Marc Kabore has vowed to bring together the West African nation torn by violent Islamist militant attacks as he embarks on his second and final five-year term. Kabore was sworn into office in a ceremony attended by nearly a dozen peers from the region following his victory in a November 22 presidential election which he won with 57.87% of the vote. Once a stable country in the turbulent Sahel region, landlocked Burkina Faso has been sucked into a violent security crisis during much of Kabore's first term. The crisis has also overwhelmed much of West Africa…
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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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