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Burkina Faso parliament votes to restore death penalty
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What we know
Oct 21 - Burkina Faso's parliament adopted a revised penal code on Tuesday that restores the death penalty, nearly a decade after the West African country abolished capital punishment, the Justice Ministry said in a statement.
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