Burkina Faso • Page 27 of 33

Nov- 2019 -

6 November

Burkina Faso: Dozens killed and injured in complex attack on Boungou gold mine convoy

An attack on a convoy transporting local employees of Canadian company Semafo near its Boungou gold mine in eastern Burkina Faso left 37 people dead

Oct- 2019 -

24 October

Africa

Staff Writer With AFP

Burkina Faso troops killed in ambushes in Barsalogho, Centre-Nord region

Gunmen killed six Burkina Faso soldiers in ambushes in Guiendbila and Sidogo in the Centre-Nord region

6 October

Africa

Staff Writer With AFP

Burkina Faso: ‘Around 20’ killed near Soum province gold mine

Around 20 people were killed in an attack near a gold mining site in Madoudji in Burkina Faso's violence-plagued Soum province, security sources told AFP

Sep- 2019 -

23 September

Africa

Staff Writer With AFP

Nine reported killed in weekend attacks in northern Burkina Faso

Nine people were reported killed in attacks in Bam and Soum Provinces in northern Burkina Faso near the border with Mali

20 September

Africa

Fergus Kelly

2

Burkina Faso: ISIS claims ISWAP conducted Koutougou attack that killed 24 soldiers

ISIS said Islamic State West Africa Province fighters carried out the attack in Koutougou that killed 24 Burkina Faso soldiers on August 19

18 September

Africa

Joanne Stocker

2

US AFRICOM commander Townsend meets G5 Sahel leaders in inaugural trip

US AFRICOM chief General Townsend made his first trip to the Sahel, meeting with the heads of the G5 Sahel joint force tasked with fighting insurgents

10 September

Africa