Agnes' Tirop's sisters, Eve Tirop, 21, (from left) Damaris Tirop, 19, and Agnes' best friend, Monica Maiyo, 23, go for their dawn training run on June 24 in Iten, Kenya.
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The Iten killings: deaths of elite athletes cast spotlight on domestic violence
The thwarted coup attempt comes nearly a year after Burkina Faso's junta leader Ibrahim Traore (center) seized power in the West African nation.
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Four officers arrested in Burkina Faso after thwarted coup attempt, prosecutor says
Sylvain Itte, the French ambassador to Niger, has returned to Paris.
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French ambassador to Niger returns to Paris amid escalating tensions
US Secretary of State Antony Blinken
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US suspends aid programs for Gabon after coup
Mali's junta leader Assimi Goita (center) pictured with other military leaders on August 22, 2020.
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Mali junta expects delay to February elections
Zoleka Mandela
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Nelson Mandela’s granddaughter dies aged 43
Relations between Burkina Faso and its former colonizer France have soured since frustrations over worsening insecurity spurred two military takeovers last year.
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