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NIAS Area Studies
AFRICA MONITOR
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IN BRIEF
By Apoorva Sudhakar
Burkina Faso: Abducted women freed by military
On 20 January, the state television reported that soldiers had rescued 62 women and four infants abducted outside a village near Arbinda town between 12 and 13 January. The news report quoted security sources who said the abducted women and children were found 200 kilometres away in the Tougouri region. (“Military frees abducted women and children in Burkina Faso,” France24, 20 January 2023)