{"id":18797,"date":"2026-04-15T13:49:56","date_gmt":"2026-04-15T13:49:56","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/youthdemocracycohort.com\/?post_type=storiesprojects&#038;p=18797"},"modified":"2026-04-15T13:53:49","modified_gmt":"2026-04-15T13:53:49","slug":"maimouna-ba","status":"publish","type":"storiesprojects","link":"https:\/\/youthdemocracycohort.com\/stories\/maimouna-ba\/","title":{"rendered":"Maimouna Ba"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p class=\"has-text-align-center has-large-font-size\">Burkina Faso \ud83c\udde7\ud83c\uddeb<\/p>\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-columns has-light-blue-background-color has-background is-layout-flex wp-container-core-columns-is-layout-9d6595d7 wp-block-columns-is-layout-flex\">\n<div class=\"wp-block-column is-layout-flow wp-block-column-is-layout-flow\" style=\"flex-basis:300px\"><div class=\"wp-block-image is-style-rounded\">\n<figure class=\"aligncenter size-full is-resized\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"1080\" height=\"1080\" 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