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Vox Sentences: What we know about Burkina Faso’s coup

Deposed Burkina Faso president Blaise Compaoré.
Deposed Burkina Faso president Blaise Compaoré.
Deposed Burkina Faso president Blaise Compaoré.
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Dylan Matthews
Dylan Matthews was a senior correspondent and head writer for Vox’s Future Perfect section. He is particularly interested in global health and pandemic prevention, anti-poverty efforts, economic policy and theory, and conflicts about the right way to do philanthropy.
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Deposed Burkina Faso president Blaise Compaoré. (Chip Somodevilla/Getty Images)

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The family of Muataza Hijazi (who was killed by Israeli police) hold a phone with an image as they mourn on October 30, 2014 in Jerusalem, Israel. (Ilia Yefimovich/Getty Images)

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Members of the media wait outside the house that Kaci Hickox shares with a boyfriend October 30, 2014 in Fort Kent, Maine. (Spencer Platt/Getty Images)

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