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Burkina Faso army blamed for extrajudicial torture, deaths

by Associated Press
| August 24, 2020 1:27 AM

FADA N'GOURMA, Burkina Faso (AP) — Huddled on the floor in a dimly lit room, one by one the five men displayed wounds they say were inflicted by government soldiers armed with wooden planks, knives and electric cables.

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