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Calm election day in Burkina Faso despite jihadist threat

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Ouagadougou, Nov 22 (EFE) .- Burkina Faso held calm presidential elections Sunday, despite the threat of jihadist terrorism in the West African country, where outgoing president Roch Marc Christian Kaboré is running for re-election and the opposition has warned of possible fraud in the elections.(Camera: LEGNAN KOULA) SHOT LIST: PEOPLE VOTING IN OUAGADOUGOU, BURKINA FASO.

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