What's Happening in Burkina Faso? 130 Killed in Latest Islamist Attack
Scores of women and children were among the dead in the attacks on Friday. More than one million people have so far fled the violence.
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Scores of women and children were among the dead in the attacks on Friday. More than one million people have so far fled the violence.
The local market and several homes were also burned down in the area toward the border of Niger. No group has claimed responsibility for the attack.
At least 100 killed by gunmen in attack on Burkina Faso village At least 100 people have been killed by gunmen in a "barbaric" attack on a village in Burkina Faso, the country's deadliest in years, authorities have said. © Imagebridge Soldiers on patrol in the Sahel region, Burkina Faso, in 2019. File pic The local market and several homes in Solhan - a northern village in Yagha province bordering Niger, in the Sahel region of Africa - were also burned down, government spokesman Ousseni Tamboura said in a statement. He blamed jihadists for the attack, which took place during the night on F...
At least 100 people have been killed by gunmen in a "barbaric" attack on a village in Burkina Faso, the country's deadliest in years, authorities have said.
Gunmen killed at least 100 people in a northern Burkina Faso village, the government said Saturday, in what was the country’s deadliest attack in years.