11 policemen have been killed in an ambush by suspected jihadists in northern Burkina Faso, and four more officers are missing, the government said Tuesday. “Around 3 pm on Monday, a relief team belonging to the national police was targeted in an ambush by armed individuals,” Security Minister Ousseni Compaore said in a statement. Following […]
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Burkina Faso troops kill 11 jihadists, destroy 3 bases
Burkina Faso soldiers killed 11 jihadists and destroyed three “terrorist” bases last week in security operations after the deadliest massacre in the country’s six-year jihadist insurgency, the army said Monday. The operation between June 14 and 16 targeted areas in the country’s east and “was based on specific intelligence, leading to the dismantling of terrorist […]
At least 114 killed in deadliest Burkina Faso attacks since 2015
Suspected jihadists have massacred at least 114 civilians in Burkina Faso‘s volatile north in the deadliest attacks since Islamist violence erupted in the west African country in 2015, officials said Saturday. President Roch Marc Christian Kabore denounced an attack near the borders with Mali and Niger where jihadists linked to Al-Qaeda and Islamic State have […]