Ouagadougou — Suspected jihadist killed about 30 people in an attack on a village in eastern Burkina Faso on Monday, four security sources said, amid rising insecurity in the region.
The attack by a large number of armed assailants took place in the village of Hantoukoura near the border with Niger in Est region, an area hit by rising insecurity as jihadist groups with links to al Qaeda and Islamic State seek to gain control over once peaceful territories...
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