Military in Burkina Faso confirms coup, dissolves government
By BRAHIMA OUEDRAOGO and BABA AHMED Burkina’s military seized the airwaves and installed a general loyal to the ex-president Thursday as the new head of state, carrying out a coup…
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Official: 4 rescued from Mali hotel; 9 killed in attack
By BABA AHMED Special forces early Saturday rescued four people who hid in a hotel for nearly 24 hours after Islamic extremists stormed the building and launched a shootout that…
Mali: 3 dead in rocket attack on UN base in Kidal in north
By BABA AHMED BAMAKO, Mali (AP) — Three people including a U.N. soldier were killed and 14 wounded in a rocket attack early Sunday on a U.N. base in Mali’s…