Burkina Faso's PM Christophe Joseph Marie Dabire fired amid growing violence

Burkina Faso's Prime Minister Christophe Joseph Marie Dabire has been fired amid escalating jihadi violence that's killed thousands and displaced more than 1 million people.

Burkina Faso's prime minister has been fired amid escalating jihadi violence that's killed thousands and displaced more than 1 million people.

President Roch Marc Christian Kabore sacked his prime minister amid weeks of anti-government protests in which demonstrators have criticized his government's inability to stem extremist attacks by al-Qaida and the Islamic State across the West African nation.