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Ouagadougou (Burkina Faso)In Ouagadougou, the capital of Burkina Faso, you can watch a tribute to the French musician Cabrel, sponsored by the French

Burkina Faso is investigating killings in two northern villages in February, a government spokesperson said on Saturday, dismissing a Human Rights Watch (HRW) report about the Burkinabe army's alleged execution of 223 people there. Read more at straitstimes.com.

I’ll never forget how Richard Quest of CNN, Christiane Amanpour, and all of the CNN bigwigs and BBC guys were all over the place, running around in Northern Nigeria like squirrels, just to prove that Jonathan was killing civilians rather than terrorists. All these were to scare the government from attacking terrorists and ensure the terrorists were protected. And they were!

Burkina Faso has suspended several international news organisations, some of them for an indefinite period, said a statement from communications regulator the CSC. Among those named in the weekend order are French newspaper Le Monde, British publication The Guardian, German broadcaster Deutsche Welle and French broadcaster TV5 Monde.The other news media named in the latest statement, dated Saturday, were French regional newspaper Ouest-France, APAnews and Agence Ecofin.

The HRW report on Thursday accused the military of killing residents in Nodin and Soro, including at least 56 children.