OUAGADOUGOU, May 18 (Reuters) - On stage in an empty auditorium, backed by starry lights, Patrick Kabre plucks his electric guitar and sings through a microphone to an audience many miles away. Kabre ...

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Members of the Presidential Orchestra of Burkina Faso and participants of the Spasskaya Tower International Military Music Festival perform in front of the Historical Museum, background, on the Manezh ...

On stage in an empty auditorium, backed by starry lights, Patrick Kabre plucks his electric guitar and sings through a microphone to an audience many miles away. By Thiam Ndiaga OUAGADOUGOU, May 18 ...