Burkina Faso junta pardons 21 soldiers jailed for 2015 failed coup; move aims to boost army's anti-terror fight amid ongoing ...

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Burkina Faso, a landlocked country in West Africa, has a rich and complex political history shaped by kingdoms, colonization, ...

In December 2023, Traore announced a general amnesty for several individuals convicted of attempting to overthrow the transitional government that was established after former President Blaise ...

Two generals considered the masterminds of the failed coup, Compaore’s former chief of staff Gilbert Diendere and head of diplomacy Djibril Bassole, were sentenced to 20 and 10 years in prison ...

The head of the junta in Burkina Faso has pardoned 21 soldiers convicted of involvement in a failed coup in 2015, according to an official decree seen by AFP on Monday .

Traoré announced an "amnesty pardon" in December last year for several people convicted over the 2015 attempt to overthrow the transitional government in place after the fall of former president ...

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