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Rights group says 180 dead found in Burkina Faso mass graves

by Associated Press
| July 8, 2020 8:27 AM

OUAGADOUGOU, Burkina Faso (AP) — At least 180 bodies were found in mass graves in northern Burkina Faso with evidence suggesting the government army was involved in large-scale executions turning the area into a “killing field,” Human Rights Watch said on Wednesday.

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