At least 50 civilians were killed in an attack by suspected jihadists. The landlocked Sahel state is in the grip of a seven-year-old jihadist insurgency. It claimed more than 2,000 lives and forced some 1.9 million to flee their homes. At least 50 civilians were killed in an attack by suspected jihadists on a village … Read more
At least six people killed in northern Burkina Faso. People took to the streets of Burkina to protest the wave of jihadist attacks “A terrorist attack cost six civilians their lives in Alga”. At least six people were killed in northern Burkina Faso in several attacks attributed to jihadists, local and military sources told AFP on Sunday. … Read more
“No to the abandonment of the Kompienga province” Protesters. They accuse the government of leaving them to face jihadist attacks. More than 2,000 people have been killed and 1.8 million displaced. Several hundred people demonstrated in southeastern Burkina Faso on Saturday, accusing the government of leaving them to fend for themselves in the face of … Read more
An unidentified gunman killed a soldier and a civilian in an attack on a gold mine. More than 2,000 people died and some 1.8 million people have fled their homes. Karma mine produced 88,000 ounces of gold — worth $25 million. An unidentified gunman killed a soldier and a civilian in an attack on a … Read more
Security forces in Burkina Faso have killed a jihadist commander blamed for some of the country’s bloodiest attacks in the country’s troubled north, according to security sources. Tidiane Djibrilou Dicko “was neutralized with around ten other terrorists in an airstrike on May 26,” a source close to military headquarters told AFP, confirming AIB’s report. The … Read more
Suspected jihadists killed 11 people, including three volunteer army auxiliaries, in attacks on two villages in northern Burkina Faso, The Sahel regional governor said Tuesday. According to Lieutenant-Colonel Rodolphe Sorgho, the villages of Tiekaledji and Demniol in Seno province “came under terrorist attack” on Sunday. “Unfortunately, the preliminary toll from the attacks lists 11 civilians … Read more
Five soldiers and 30 “terrorists” were killed in fighting in northern Burkina Faso on Saturday after suspected jihadists attacked a military base in large numbers, said the army. The army said in a statement that troops in Bourzanga, a town in the northern region that has been bearing the brunt of a jihadist revolt, “vigorously … Read more
Seven soldiers and four support troops were murdered in two ambushes in Burkina Faso’s troublesome north, according to the army official. Two soldiers and four civilian volunteers helping the army were killed in the first attack near Solle on Thursday, while five paramilitary troops were killed in another raid the same day at Ouanobe, the … Read more
