Mayor’s Home Burned As Burkina Faso Protests Continue

By HERVÉ TAOKO and ADAM NOSSITER, New York Times
Wed, 04/27/2011 - 2:19pm

Merchants set fire to several buildings in Koudougou in reaction to the shutting of stores in the city’s central market over unpaid rent.

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