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Presidential guard officers in Burkina Faso have seized power in a coup with shooting reported in the capital, Ouagadougou. A close ally & former chief of staff for the former President Blaise Compaore, Gen Gilbert Diendere, has been named the country’s new leader, state television reports. The French President Francois Hollande condemned what he called a coup in the former ...

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