Seven soldiers and 80 jihadists were also killed in the double attack on a military base
Burkina Faso President Roch Marc Christian attends the fifty-sixth ordinary session of the Economic Community of West African States in Abuja on December 21 2019. Picture: AFP/ KOLA SULAIMON
“This barbaric attack resulted in the deaths of 35 civilian victims, most of them women,” President Roch Marc Christian added on Twitter, praising the “bravery and commitment” of the defence and security forces. Militant violence has spread across the vast Sahel region, especially in Burkina Faso and Niger, having started when armed Islamists revolted in northern Mali in 2012.
In Burkina Faso, more than 700 people have been killed and about 560,000 internally displaced, according to the UN.
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