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Burkina Faso: Interim Leader Rejects AU Deadline
allAfrica, 7 November 2014
The interim leader of Burkina Faso, Lieutenant Colonel Isaac Zida, has dismissed the African Union's two-week deadline to hand power to civilians. Read more »
Burkina's Interim Leader Rejects AU Deadline
The interim leader of Burkina Faso, Lieutenant Colonel Isaac Zida, has dismissed the African Union's two-week deadline to hand power to civilians.
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President Goodluck Jonathan of Nigeria greets interim Head of State of Burkina Faso, Lt. Col Isaac Zida in Ouagadougou.
