Burkina votes

By our correspondents

November 30, 2015

OUAGADOUGOU: Voters in Burkina Faso began casting ballots on Sunday for a new president and parliament, hoping to turn the page on a year of turmoil during which the west African nation’s people ousted a veteran ruler and repelled a military coup.

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