Ouagadougou, Burkina Faso: Africa's biggest film festival kicked off in Burkina Faso on Saturday (Sunday in Manila) with the Sahel nation's long-running jihadist insurgency looming large over the opening night.

A total of 170 entries have been selected for the FESPACO festival in the capital Ouagadougou, including 15 fiction feature films in contention for the Yennenga Golden Stallion award and a prize of around $30,000.

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