Burkina Faso

The European Union on Wednesday condemned an attack claimed by jihadist rebels that killed dozens in Burkina Faso last weekend, the bloc’s foreign policy chief Josep Borrell said. Armed men carried out the attack in the village of…
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A suspected jihadist attack in the north of Burkina Faso has killed around a dozen people, mostly soldiers, security sources told AFP on Monday. Violence has raged in the landlocked west African country after Lt. Col. Paul-Henri Sandaogo…
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At least 35 civilians were killed and 37 wounded Monday when an IED blast struck a convoy carrying supplies in Burkina Faso’s jihadist-hit north, the governor of the Sahel region said. The landlocked African state is in the grip of a…
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Burkina Faso's government declared two days of mourning starting on Sunday after 41 people died in an attack by suspected jihadists in the troubled north. "The search mission in the area of an ambush by armed terrorist groups... has…
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