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Burkina police fire tear gas at protesters angry over mounting jihadist violence

The failure to stem Burkina's worsening security crisis has fuelled discontent. © Olympia de Maismont, AFP (file photo)

Security forces fired tear gas at protesters barricading the streets and throwing rocks in Burkina Faso’s capital on Saturday, as anger grows at the government’s inability to stop jihadist attacks spreading across the country.

Several hundred people marched through downtown Ouagadougou chanting for President Roch Marc Christian Kabore to resign.

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