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“The Eldorado our peoples dream of, we can build it here, and we have faith in this people.”
Source: Address to the nation, 11 December 2023
Context In a national day message three months after Burkina Faso, Mali and Niger formed the Alliance of Sahel States, Traoré spoke of building prosperity at home.
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