Burkina Faso junta reinstates death penalty

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Ruled by a military junta since a 2022 coup, Burkina Faso last carried out an execution recorded in 1988, according to Amnesty International, which had urged the country not to bring back capital punishment. Junta leader Captain Ibrahim Traoré announced plans last year to reinstate it.

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