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At least 30 people were killed by gunmen in eastern Burkina Faso as rebels burned down villagers’ homes and shot them as they tried to escape. The attack occurred in Kodyel village in the Komandjari province on Monday near the border with Niger, government official Labidi Ouoba told The Associated Press news agency by phone after fleeing the attack. Rebel fighters surrounded the village and went house to house setting fire to them and killing people, said Ouoba. “I ran early because the terrorists usually look for authorities. We all pray that peace comes back now in our country. We are t...

KAYA, Burkina Faso — At least 30 people were killed by gunmen in eastern Burkina Faso Monday, according to the government. The attack occurred in Kodyel village in the Komandjari province near the border with Niger, government official Labidi Ouoba told the Associated Press by phone after fleeing the attack. Jihadists surrounded the village and went house to house setting fire to them and killing people, said Ouoba. “I ran early because the terrorists usually look for authorities. We all pray that peace comes back now in our country. We are tired,″ he said. Advertisement The attack ...

iAfrica 1 month ago 1 min read Share with your network! Two Spanish journalists and an Irish citizen have been killed after they were kidnapped during an anti-poaching patrol in Burkina Faso earlier this week. The pair were part of a group of 40 people patrolling a national park near the border of Burkina Faso and Benin in West Africa. The Spanish journalists were making a documentary on Burkina Faso’s efforts to protect nature preserves, including from poaching, González Laya said. She ...

Apr 27, 2021 8:55 PM EDT OUAGADOUGOU, Burkina Faso — Two Spanish journalists and the Irish director of a wildlife foundation were killed Monday in an ambush in eastern Burkina Faso, the Spanish government and officials in the African country said Tuesday. The two journalists were working with the wildlife campaigner on a documentary about poachers in a national park bordering Benin when they were attacked by gunmen, Spain’s Foreign Minister Arancha González Laya said Tuesday in a press conference in Madrid. The Spanish journalists were David Beriáin, 44...

Two Spanish citizens killed in attack in east Burkina Faso SAM MEDNICK and ARITZ PARRA, Associated Press April 27, 2021 FacebookTwitterEmail A soldier wounded in an attack lays in a bed in a military hospital in Burkina Faso's capital Ouagadougou Tuesday April 27, 2021. Three foreigners and one soldier are missing in Burkina Faso after being attacked in an ambush by gunmen during an anti-poaching patrol near a national park in the country's east near Pama town according to security and government officials.Sam Mednick/AP OUAGADOUGOU, Burkina Faso (AP) — Two Spanish citizens have been kille...