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| Burkina Faso's Blaise Compaore was ousted from presidency by mass protests in 2014 [PHOTO:Courtesy] |
Burkina Faso will hold presidential and legislative elections on Oct. 11, a year after the West African state's long-ruling President Blaise Compaore was ousted by mass protests, the interim government said on Thursday.
Hundreds of thousands of people marched in the capital Ouagadougou last October to protest against Compaore's efforts to change the constitution to allow him to stand for re-election in 2015.
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