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Burkina Faso counts ballots; extremist threats affected vote By SAM MEDNICKNovember 23, 2020 GMT OUAGADOUGOU, Burkina Faso (AP) Votes are being counted in Burkina Faso after Sunday’s presidential and legislative elections, where threats of extremist violence linked to al-Qaida and the Islamic State prevented parts of the country from casting ballots. Election workers began the counting after polls closed by holding the ballots up for observers and marking the votes on a chalkboard beside the candidate’s name. Preliminary results are expected within the next two days. While there were no reported incidents of major attacks, threats of violence prevented people from casting ballots in hard-hit parts of the country, in the North, Sahel and East regions. Nearly 3,000 polling stations expected to open yesterday didn’t, preventing up to 350,000 people from voting, said Newton Ahmed Barry, president for the National Independent Electoral Commission, on local television.

Region del estBurkina fasoRegion du centre nordUnited statesRegion du sahelNewton ahmed barryRoch marc christian kaboreZephirin diabreAlex thurstonHalidou ouedraogoUniversity of cincinnatiAfrican network of peaceNational independent electoral commissionIslamic stateCenter northMarkoye commune