At least ten people killed in series of jihadist attacks in Burkina Faso

Burkina Faso, which has been led by an authoritarian junta since September 2022 – headed by Captain Ibrahim Traoré – has been confronted with violence from jihadist groups linked to Al-Qaeda and Islamic State for more than a decade. The most recent attack took place on Sunday, according to two security sources, and targeted the Naré detachment (north). These sources do not give a death toll, but one of them speaks of an attack “of large scale”.

On Saturday, the detachment of Titao, the capital of Loroum province (north), was “targeted by a group of several hundred terrorists,” one of the security sources told AFP. Although this source did not provide a human balance, it states that “technical installations” and part of the military camp were destroyed, but on Sunday evening it was clarified that the situation was “under control” and that a dozen attackers were “neutralized during the counterattack”.

The junta no longer communicates about jihadist attacks that still regularly plunge the country into mourning.

By Editor