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Unrest simmers in Burkina Faso after reported coup
Unrest simmers in Burkina Faso after reported coup
World
by  AFP

Security forces fired tear gas to disperse angry protesters outside the French embassy in Burkina Faso's capital on Sunday, as unrest simmered in the impoverished West African nation following a reported second coup this year.

Hundreds of women protest femicide in Ecuador
Hundreds of women protest femicide in Ecuador
World
by  AFP

Hundreds of women marched Saturday against femicide in Ecuador, which a gender violence NGO says has claimed more than 200 victims since the start of the year. There have been 206 femicides in Ecuador since the beginning of the year, according to an NGO that monitors gender violence.