Democracy "kills" and the people of Burkina Faso must "forget" it, the country's military ruler has said in an interview aired on state television.

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Wia dis foto come from, Malian Presidency / Handout/Anadolu Agency via Getty Images Burkina Faso under Captain Ibrahim Traore and Mali under military President Assimi Goita don tok say dem go stop US ...

DAKAR (Reuters) - As a heavily armed convoy drove through a cheering crowd in Burkina Faso's capital on Sunday morning, the boyish face of the country's latest military ruler, Captain Ibrahim Traore, ...

DAKAR, Senegal — Thousands of people rallied in Burkina Faso’s capital Ouagadougou on Wednesday in support of the military junta after an alleged coup attempt and comments by an American official ...