Tag: Yatenga Province

Burkina Faso: Four French soldiers injured in bomb blast in Yatenga Province

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Four French soldiers were wounded in an improvised explosive device blast in northern Burkina Faso, France’s military told AFP Tuesday evening. “(Their) off-road vehicle activated an IED as it left Ouahigouya airport,” the army said in a statement, adding the Read More …

Burkina Faso: Six dead in explosion in northern country

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At least six people, including children, were killed on Saturday evening by the explosion of an improvised device as their cart passed through a region of northern Burkina Faso facing jihadist attacks, sources learned on Sunday. “A cart driven by Read More …