Burkina Faso Votes as Compaore Seeks his Fourth Term
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Voters in Burkina Faso cast their ballots in an election today that is likely to extend the 23-year rule of Blaise Compaore as president of one of the world’s poorest countries.
Voting closed at 6 p.m. local time after polls opened at 6 a.m., Boris Edson Yameogo, a spokesman for the West African nation’s electoral commission said today. Results are likely within five days, the agency said last week.