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powerofafrica_ on May 17, 2024: "#ThisDayInHistory May 18 On this day in 2020, a statue of Burkina Faso🇧🇫 pan-Africanist icon Thomas Sankara, President from 1983 until his assassination in 1987, is unveiled in Ouagadougou. The statue unveiled was a new one after people had complained the first version did not resemble Sankara. Sculptor Jean Luc Bambara went back to the drawing board after criticism that the statue's facial features did not match Sankara's. Thomas Sankara - an icon for m...| Instagram
An Islamist armed group’s massacre of at least 133 people shows the inadequacy of Burkina Faso’s government efforts to protect civilians.| Human Rights Watch
U.S. Africa Command’s annual, combined special operations exercise, kicked off in Côte d’Ivoire today. From April 24 – May 14, Flintlock 25 will bring together approximately 500 personnel from more than 30 nations to strengthen collective readiness in response to shared threats.| DVIDS
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U.S. Africa Command’s annual, combined special operations exercise, kicked off in Côte d’Ivoire today. From April 24 – May 14, Flintlock 25 will bring together approximately 500 personnel from more than 30 nations to strengthen collective readiness in response to shared threats.| www.africom.mil