Abidjan, March 31, 2025 (AFP) - Burkina junta leader pardons 21 soldiers for 2015 failed coup

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2025-03-31

The head of the junta in Burkina Faso has pardoned 21 soldiers convicted of involvement in a failed coup in 2015, according to an official decree seen by AFP on Monday. The troubled west African country has been run since September 2022 by military leaders following a coup headed by Captain Ibrahim Traore. Traore announced an "amnesty pardon" in December last year for several people convicted over the 2015 attempt to overthrow the transitional go......

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