Definitions
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- n. A person from Burkina Faso
Etymologies
Examples
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Mr. Gbagbo and his wife are under house arrest near the Burkinabe border.
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Gbagbo supporters surrounded Abidjan's airport before the African Union delegation arrived on Monday, prompting Burkinabe President Blaise Compaore to drop out of the trip because of security concerns.
UN Calls for Restraint in Violence Between Rival Ivorian Governments
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While the Libyan leader and the Burkinabe president Blaise Compaore helped support those rebels, Kumjian says their involvement is in no way comparable to Taylor's actions.
Charles Taylor Defense Says War Crimes Trial Politically Motivated
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No matter where you look, someone somewhere is paying more money to put food on the table, whether it is Mexican quesadillas or Burkinabe "to" porridge.
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Professor Gbagbo even tried to tar and feather the winner of the recent election Alassane Ouattara whose father is allegedly Burkinabe as a not having true Ivorian identity.
Alemayehu G. Mariam: Referendum for Sudan, Requiem for Africa
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On Burkinabe news siteLeFaso. net, Alain Saint Robespierrewrites about Niger's “Constitutional Coup d'Etat”:
Global Voices in English » Niger: Widespread opposition to president’s bid to extend rule
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Griffiths says Mr. Taylor is the victim of "selective prosecution" because Libyan leader Moammar Gadhafi and Burkinabe President Blaise Compaore were equally responsible for backing rebels in Sierra Leone.
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Burkinabe Foreign Minister Yipene Djibril Bassolet said that Gaddafi could go into exile in his country even though it is a signatory of the International Criminal Court ICC, which has charged him with crimes against humanity.
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Many of Mr. Camara's political opponents feared he would return to Guinea after receiving treatment in a Moroccan hospital for the gunshot wounds, but he went to the Burkinabe capital, Ouagadougou, instead.
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Health workers plan to vaccinate 12 million Burkinabe against the disease by the end of the year.
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