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Twenty-seven people were killed in an attack on a village in Burkina Faso, including women and children, according to an eyewitness. The residents gathered on Friday to celebrate International Women’s Day when an armed group attacked the remote village of Tissaoghin in the province of Koulpélogo in the east of the country, a witness who wished to remain anonymous told dpa on Sunday. At the time of the attack, interim leader Ibrahim Traoré, who heads the military government, was visiting troops in the nearby towns of Tenkodogo and Bagré. Traoré encouraged the soldiers to take offensive action a…

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