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Burkina Faso: Trial of Former President Begins

Blaise Compaore and 32 former government ministers in court over alleged role in killing protesters; What caused last night's power cuts in Ghana?; The UN repels an attack on a base in South Sudan.

(Photo: Former President Blaise Compaore pictured in 2014. Credit: AFP.)

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Thu 4 May 201719:06GMT
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