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Macron pelleted with stones on visit to former colony
FRENCH President Emmanuel Macron was greeted by volleys of stones on his visit to former colony Burkina Faso yesterday.
Trade unions called for protests during his visit as part of a regional tour before an EU-African Union summit in Ivory Coast later this week.
The government ordered schools in the capital Ouagadougou be closed to reduce traffic amid high-security measures, but many took that as a bid to head off unrest.
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