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Burkinabé

/ ˌbɜːkɪnəˈbeɪ /

adjective

  1. of or relating to Burkina Faso or its inhabitants

“Collins English Dictionary — Complete & Unabridged” 2012 Digital Edition © William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1979, 1986 © HarperCollins Publishers 1998, 2000, 2003, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2009, 2012


noun

  1. a native or inhabitant of Burkina Faso

“Collins English Dictionary — Complete & Unabridged” 2012 Digital Edition © William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1979, 1986 © HarperCollins Publishers 1998, 2000, 2003, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2009, 2012
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One Burkinabe group with 116,000 followers alleged "gunshots were reportedly heard in the west of the city and dozens of people were killed".

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That campaign was spearheaded by a Burkinabe account that used fake screen captures purporting to be from French broadcaster France 24 and a falsified graphic attributed to pan-African weekly magazine Jeune Afrique.

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An international group of lawyers has strongly condemned the "illegal" detention of a prominent Burkinabe lawyer and civil society leader in a military prison for more than a year.

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They are three Europeans, a Malian, and four Burkinabé - among them the NGO's country director and deputy.

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It added that the Burkinabé authorities were "fully aware" of their work and mandate and had been co-operating with the authorities.

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