{"id":2446,"date":"2021-04-29T17:30:33","date_gmt":"2021-04-29T17:30:33","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/jsis.washington.edu\/africa\/?p=2446"},"modified":"2021-04-29T17:31:47","modified_gmt":"2021-04-29T17:31:47","slug":"danny-hoffman-quoted-burkina-faso-fighters-seek-protection-with-spiritual-rituals","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/jsis.washington.edu\/africa\/danny-hoffman-quoted-burkina-faso-fighters-seek-protection-with-spiritual-rituals\/","title":{"rendered":"Danny Hoffman quoted &#8211; Burkina Faso fighters seek protection with spiritual rituals"},"content":{"rendered":"<div class=\"l-article-topper\">\n<h3 class=\"article-headline\"><strong>Burkina Faso fighters seek protection with spiritual rituals<\/strong><\/h3>\n<div class=\"article-byline\">By SAM MEDNICK\u00a0Associated Press<\/div>\n<div class=\"article-dateline\">APRIL 29, 2021 \u2014 8:40A<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<div class=\"l-article-body\">\n<aside class=\"article-share\">\n<div class=\"share__email clickQS\"><\/div>\n<\/aside>\n<div class=\"article-body resizeFont\">\n<p id=\"PgWpqy\">OUAGADOUGOU, Burkina Faso \u2014 Antoine Ouedraogo didn&#8217;t run when Islamic extremist fighters killed his colleagues only feet away from him in northern Burkina Faso. Instead, the 53-year-old says, he simply recited a secret word and became invisible. <a href=\"https:\/\/www.startribune.com\/burkina-faso-fighters-seek-protection-with-spiritual-rituals\/600051550\/\">Continue reading&#8230;<\/a><\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Burkina Faso fighters seek protection with spiritual rituals By SAM MEDNICK\u00a0Associated Press APRIL 29, 2021 \u2014 8:40A OUAGADOUGOU, Burkina Faso \u2014 Antoine Ouedraogo didn&#8217;t run when Islamic extremist fighters killed his colleagues only feet away from him in northern Burkina Faso. Instead, the 53-year-old says, he simply recited a secret word and became invisible. 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