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Jihadist threat keeps 300,000 voters from Burkina Faso polls

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A police officer stands guard at the entrance of a polling station in Ouagadougou on November 22, 2020. PHOTO | ISSOUF SANOGO | AFP

By  AFP

Ouagadougou,

Hundreds of thousands of voters in Burkina Faso were unable to cast ballots in Sunday's general election due to security threats, officials said, as the West African nation grapples with a growing jihadist insurgency.  

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