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29 killed in two attacks in Burkina Faso


09 September 2019  

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AGENCIES: At least 29 people were killed in Burkina Faso’s troubled north on Sunday after a food convoy and a transport truck were attacked, authorities said.

Issuing separate statements, the government said, A “terrorist” attack on the convoy killed 14 civilians, while the truck hit an explosive device in the north-central province of Sanmatenga, killing 15 people and wounding six.

“This drama comes as important security efforts are underway in this region,” officials said. “Military reinforcements have been deployed.”

Once a pocket of relative calm in the Sahel, Burkina Faso has been battling a homegrown insurgency for the past three years, which has been amplified by the spillover of jihadist violence and criminality from its chaotic neighbour Mali.

The latest violence follows an attack by gunmen in August that killed 24 soldiers, the deadliest yet in the West African nation’s fight against Islamist militants.

Publish Date : 09 September 2019 06:05 AM

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