Burkina faso attack
Burkina tries 'dialogue' tack in fight against jihadists
Burkina Faso has unveiled a new tactic in its fight against a bloody jihadist insurgency, "dialogue" between community leaders and local fighters who have...
In Burkina Faso, hundreds of workers are saying good riddance to an ousted president, hoping for a brighter future under the soldiers who toppled him.
Burkina Faso's government denied that the army had seized control of the country on Sunday after exchanges of gunfire took place at multiple army barracks, including two in the capital.
Burkina Faso has been grappling with a jihadist insurgency that has left at least 1,400 dead since 2015 and forced an estimated one million people to flee their homes.
The attack occurred during the night of Friday to Saturday when "armed individuals staged an incursion" into the northern town of Solhan, a security source said.
A brutal resurgence of jihadist violence in the West African country has forced more than 16,000 people from their homes in just the last 10 days, prompting a fresh military offensive.
Ten people were killed when an aid convoy was ambushed in Burkina Faso, the government said on Sunday, bringing to at least 50 the death toll from a string of attacks blamed on jihadists.
One soldier was killed in the operations, which come less than a month after 37 people were killed in an ambush.
The gunmen then set fire to the church, several shops and a small cafe before heading to the local health centre, which they looted, burning the chief nurse's vehicle.
The attackers set fire to the church, several shops and a small cafe before heading to the local health centre, which they looted and burnt the chief nurse's vehicle, said Zongo.
A crowd of about 100 youths stormed the police station in the western town of Orodara on Friday after the alleged gunman took shelter there following the deadly shooting of the young man earlier Friday.
Prime Minister Paul Kaba Thieba stood down on Friday, according to a statement released by the country's president.
The police responded, firing on the attackers, killing six of them but leaving one officer with a foot injury, another security source said.
Despite international efforts to create a transnational anti-jihadist military operation, named the G5 Sahel force, the situation is getting worse.
An unnamed security source told AFP that one of the attacks had targeted the home of a Islamic religious leader and other Muslims.