Burkina Faso to announce provisional election results

30 November 2015 - 15:19
By REUTERS

Sunday's peaceful election comes after longtime leader Blaise Compaore was toppled in a popular uprising in October 2014 in which demonstrators faced down the security forces over his attempt to extend his tenure. Burkina Faso should announce provisional results from an election to choose the West African country's first new leader in decades, the head of the electoral commission said.

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