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Burkina Faso approves state backing for vigilantes fighting jihadists

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OUAGADOUGOU (Reuters) - Burkina Faso's parliament has voted to provide funding and training to local vigilantes in response to the growing firepower of jihadist groups who threaten to overrun government forces across large swathes of the West African country.

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