Jihadist attack kills soldiers, civilians in Burkina Faso
By : AFP
Date: 30 Mar 2025
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Burkina Faso's new military leader Ibrahim Traore is escorted by soldiers in Ouagadougou, Burkina Faso October 2, 2022. REUTERS/Vincent Bado/File Photo
Capitaine Ibrahim Traore, Burkina Faso’s new president, attends the ceremony for the 35th anniversary of Thomas Sankaraís assassination, in Ouagadougou, on October 15, 2022. – Captain Ibrahim Traore, who took power a fortnight ago in a coup in Burkina Faso, attended a ceremony on October 15, 2022 to mark the 35th anniversary of the assassination of revolutionary president Thomas Sankara, an AFP reporter noted. (Photo by OLYMPIA DE MAISMONT / AFP)
“Several dozen” soldiers and civilian auxilaries have been killed in a suspected jihadist attack in eastern Burkina Faso, local and security sources told AFP on Sunday.
One security source in Tapoa province said an army detachment from the main city of Diapaga was targeted in a “violent attack” on Friday. The victims were regular army soldiers and civilian volunteers, while there were “several wounded”, the source added.
