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3. The coup in Burkina Faso sounded like it was over the involvement of Russian mercenaries.

Mon Jan 31, 2022, 03:46 PM

Jan 2022

The President said NO, but the army overthrew him and are now inviting them in.

This is what I heard being discussed on AlJazeera English.

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