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Coverage dated January 15, 2023

Search underway for 50 women abducted in Burkina Faso

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Security forces are searching for about 50 women kidnapped by suspected jihadists in insurgency-hit northern Burkina Faso, a regional governor said on

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  1. Digital Journal

    Search underway for 50 women abducted in Burkina Faso (opens Digital Journal)

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    Security forces are searching for about 50 women kidnapped by suspected jihadists in insurgency-hit northern Burkina Faso, a regional governor said on

  2. New York Times

    Armed Insurgents Kidnap 50 Women in Burkina Faso (opens New York Times)

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    The women were abducted while searching for food in a region that has been under a blockade by extremist groups for nearly a year.

  3. KESQ Palm Springs

    Armed men kidnap 50 women and girls foraging for food in Burkina Faso (opens KESQ Palm Springs)

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    By Saskya Vandoorne, Marguerite Lacroix and Allegra Goodwin, CNN A group of women and girls foraging for wild fruits were abducted by armed men in separate incidents in Burkina Faso, the government said Monday.

  4. Al Jazeera

    Burkina Faso: 50 women abducted by suspected rebels (opens Al Jazeera)

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    Burkina Faso has been struggling to contain violence by armed groups with links to al-Qaeda and ISIL (ISIS) since 2015.

  5. The Guardian

    Suspected jihadists kidnap 50 women in Burkina Faso (opens The Guardian)

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    Many of the women had been picking fruit ‘because there is nothing left to eat’ as long-running insurgency hits food supplies

  6. WFMZ Allentown

    Official: Jihadis abduct at least 50 women in Burkina Faso (opens WFMZ Allentown)

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    An official in Burkina Faso says at least 50 women were abducted by Islamic extremists in the northern Sahel region last week. The region's governor said Monday that the kidnappings

  7. France 24

    Islamist militants kidnap dozens of women in northern Burkina Faso (opens France 24)

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    Islamist militants kidnapped around 50 women in Burkina Faso's northern province of Soum on January 12 and 13, the government said in a statement on Monday, confirming earlier reports in the media.

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