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BRUSSELS, May 5 — Belgian police yesterday arrested seven people suspected of supporting the Islamic State (IS) group and plotting a “terrorist attack”, prosecutors...

Burkina Faso is battling a jihadist insurgency that spilled over from neighbouring Mali in 2015. More than 10,000 civilians, troops and police have been killed, according to one NGO estimate, and at least two million people have been displaced

Two successive military coups last year failed to stem the flow of jihadist violence that continues to plague Burkina Faso.

Heavily armed jihadists stormed a camp housing refugees from neighbouring Mali in western Niger and killed nine people, a local official said Saturday.

Charges against the 18 include acts of terrorism, murder, attempted murder, criminal concealment and illegal possession of firearms.

Charges against the 18 include acts of terrorism, murder, attempted murder, criminal concealment and illegal possession of firearms.

The attack took place on a remote road in the so-called "three borders" region.

The recent jihadist strike in Burkina Faso claimed the lives of approximately 11 people and left about 50 people missing, the authorities reported. After Lt. Colonel Paul-Henri Sandaogo Damiba overthrew Burkina Faso's president in a coup in January, he vowed to control Islamists and violence. Even though Damiba fired his defense minister earlier this month and took charge himself, insurgents linked to Al-Qaeda and the Islamic State organisation have fueled the turmoil. 

Violence has raged in the landlocked west African country after Lieutenant-Colonel Paul-Henri Sandaogo Damiba seized power in a January coup, ousting Burkinas elected leader and promising to rein in jihadists.

Suspected Islamic State-affiliated militants killed 42 Malian soldiers in an attack near the town of Tessit on Sunday, the Malian army has confirmed.