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Kabore wins Burkina Faso presidential vote - electoral commission


    OUAGADOUGOU (Reuters) - Roch Marc Kabore was proclaimed the winner of a presidential election in Burkina Faso and will become the country's first new leader in decades, the Independent National Electoral Commission said on Tuesday.

    The election of the former prime minister represents a pivotal moment for a West African nation that has been ruled by leaders who came to power in coups for most of its history since independence from France in 1960.

    (Reporting by Mathieu Bonkoungou; Writing by Matthew Mpoke Bigg; Editing by Sandra Maler)