Gendarmerie members stand watch during a protest, calling for Burkina Faso's President Roch Kabore to resign and for the departure of French forces that patrol the country, in Ouagadougou, Burkina Faso November 27, 2021. REUTERS/Vincent Bado
OUAGADOUGOU (Reuters) - The Burkina Faso government said it was lifting a suspension on the mobile internet from Sunday evening, a week after imposing the ban for what it said was security and defence reasons.
The suspension came amid widespread anger and violent protests in Burkina Faso over what demonstrators said was the government's inability to stop deadly attacks by Islamist militants.
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