Protesters pose with a police shield outside the parliament in Ouagadougou on Thursday as cars and documents burn in the background. Picture: AFP PHOTO/ISSOUF SANOGO Antigovernment protesters set fire to the parliament building in Ouagadougou, capital of Burkina Faso, on Thursday. Picture: AFP PHOTO/ISSOUF SANOGO Related articles Protesters storm Burkina Faso parliament over vote Africa has to raise Pax Africana from the dead OUAGADOUGOU — Angry demonstrators went on the rampage in Burkina Faso on Thursday, setting parliament ablaze in a surge of violence that forced the government to scrap a vote on controversial plans to allow President Blaise Compaore to extend his 27-year rule. Former...
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