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This Vigilante Says He’s Fighting Terrorism. Is He Also Backing Massacres?

Boureima Nadbanka and the Koglweogos are taming a lawless stretch of Burkina Faso. But at what cost?

Greeted by a crescendo of motor horns and cheering crowds, a convoy of pickup trucks, cars and motorcycles rolls through the streets of Pouytenga, in the West African country of Burkina Faso. Draped in red and gold robes, Boureima Nadbanka emerges from a pickup truck, waving to an arena audience of 2,000 people as they clap and shout, “He is back!”

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Coronavirus Is Killing the World’s Last Great Newspaper Industry

India is the only major newspaper market where print readership has been increasing. The coronavirus could derail that success story.

Chhanda Dey woke up one morning in her Kolkata home to find no newspaper on her balcony floor. She soon found out that the residents’ association had barred newspaper vendors — and, in turn, newspapers — from entering the complex amid fears that they might spread the coronavirus. They’re not alone.

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