Bobo-Dioulasso
Americannoun
noun
Example Sentences
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"There won't be an election that is only concentrated in Ouagadougou and Bobo-Dioulasso and other nearby towns," he said in November, referring to two cities that have largely been spared the violence unleashed by jihadists.
From BBC • Feb. 6, 2024
It requested security reinforcements at the French embassy, the ambassador's residence and French schools and cultural establishments in capital Ouagadougou and in the city of Bobo-Dioulasso.
From Reuters • Nov. 21, 2022
I became interested in Volta Jazz and post-independence Bobo-Dioulasso earlier this year, after seeing the photographer Sanlé Sory’s work exhibited in a show at the Yossi Milo gallery, in Chelsea.
From The New Yorker • Sep. 16, 2018
He says the majority of girls from this region go to Ouagadougou, Mopti or Burkina Faso's second city, Bobo-Dioulasso.
From BBC • Jun. 27, 2012
It would take him 275 miles along the country’s main paved roadway to one such gathering, at a Catholic conference center in Bobo-Dioulasso.
From BusinessWeek • Jul. 19, 2011
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