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Traore scores 22, Knell adds 20 to help BYU erase 17-point deficit and beat TCU 87-75

The AP Top 25 men’s college basketball poll is back every week throughout the season! PROVO, Utah — Fousseyni Traore scored 22 points on 8-of-11 shooting, Trevin Knell added 20 points, including four 3-pointers, and BYU erased a 17-point halftime deficit to beat TCU 87-75 Saturday night. Saunders hit a jumper and followed 15 seconds later with a 3-pointer that …

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1 year, 1 month ago

Tsohonis scores 35, Long Beach State has big surprise for Michigan with 94-86 victory

Associated Press

ANN ARBOR, Mich. — Marcus Tsohonis scored 35 points, Lassina Traore had a double-double and Long Beach State shocked Michigan 94-86 on Friday night. There were nine lead changes in the first 6 1/2 minutes of the second half, then Long Beach State went ahead 71-65 with 10-plus minutes remaining. Dug McDaniel’s 3-pointer got the Wolverines within two points but …

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1 year, 8 months ago

Men in military uniforms kill 60 people in Burkina Faso

Associated Press

DAKAR, Senegal — At least 60 people have been killed by men in military uniforms in northern Burkina Faso, authorities said. Burkina Faso’s government recently announced it was opening other investigations into allegations of human rights abuses by its security forces after a video surfaced that appeared to show the extrajudicial killing of seven children in the country’s north. AP’s …

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1 year, 10 months ago

Africa’s largest film festival offers hope in Burkina Faso

Associated Press

OUAGADOUGOU, Burkina Faso — Most film festivals can be counted on to provide entertainment, laced with some introspection. The weeklong FESPACO that opens Saturday in violence-torn Burkina Faso’s capital goes beyond that to also offer hope, and a symbol of endurance: In years of political strife and Islamic extremist attacks, which killed thousands and displaced nearly 2 million in the …

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1 year, 10 months ago

Iconic West African leader Sankara reburied in Burkina Faso

Associated Press

OUAGADOUGOU, Burkina Faso — The late Burkina Faso revolutionary leader Thomas Sankara was reburied Thursday, eight years after his body was exhumed as part of an investigation. Sankara, a charismatic Marxist leader with a reputation as “Africa’s Che Guevara,” came to power in 1983 at the age of 33 after he and Compaore led a leftist coup that overthrew a …

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2 years, 2 months ago

Burkina Faso’s latest coup leader named transition president

Associated Press

OUAGADOUGOU, Burkina Faso — Capt. Ibrahim Traore officially became Burkina Faso’s transitional president Friday, two weeks after he seized power in the country’s second coup this year, but he will be ineligible to run for the office when elections are held. Burkina Faso’s latest coup, announced Sept. 30 on state television, has raised fears that the country’s political chaos could …

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2 years, 3 months ago

Burkina Faso coup leader says vote still expected by 2024

Associated Press

OUAGADOUGOU, Burkina Faso — Burkina Faso’s new junta leader said Monday that the West African nation will still aim to hold an election by 2024 or even earlier, as regional mediators delayed their visit following the country’s second coup this year. Burkina Faso’s latest coup, announced Friday on state television, has raised fears that the country’s political chaos could produce …

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2 years, 3 months ago

Ousted Burkina Faso leader leaves country for Togo

Associated Press

OUAGADOUGOU, Burkina Faso — Burkina Faso’s ousted coup leader Lt. Col. Paul Henri Sandaogo Damiba left the country for Togo Sunday two days after he himself was overthrown in a coup, while the new junta urged citizens not to loot or vandalize. Their power grab marked Burkina Faso’s second military coup this year, deepening fears that the political chaos could …

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2 years, 3 months ago

Protesters attack French Embassy in Burkina Faso after coup

ABC

Angry protesters have attacked the French Embassy in Burkina Faso's capital of Ougadougou after supporters of the West African nation's new coup leader accused France of harbouring the ousted interim president, a charge French authorities have vehemently denied. Key points: Lieutenant-Colonel Damiba overthrew the country's democratically elected president in January In turn, another coup has now seen him ousted, sparking …

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4 years, 7 months ago

Tensions mar Paris protest as Floyd outrage goes global

Associated Press

PARIS — Tear gas choked Paris streets as riot police faced off with protesters setting fires Tuesday amid growing global outrage over George Floyd’s death in the United States, racial injustice and heavy-handed police tactics around the world. While he said police violence seems worse in the U.S., he added, “all blacks live this to a degree.” Fears of the …

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Traore scores 22, Knell adds 20 to help BYU erase 17-point deficit and beat TCU 87-75

Tsohonis scores 35, Long Beach State has big surprise for Michigan with 94-86 victory

Men in military uniforms kill 60 people in Burkina Faso

Africa’s largest film festival offers hope in Burkina Faso

Iconic West African leader Sankara reburied in Burkina Faso

Burkina Faso’s latest coup leader named transition president

Burkina Faso coup leader says vote still expected by 2024

Ousted Burkina Faso leader leaves country for Togo

Protesters attack French Embassy in Burkina Faso after coup

Tensions mar Paris protest as Floyd outrage goes global