... not to be confused with Procol Harum, Harum Scarum, possibly to be confused with Helter Skelter. The Nigerian version of al-Qaeda and the Taliban rolled together and flavored with a smigeon of distinctly Subsaharan ignorance and brutality...snuffies in northwestern Burkina Faso
...The country in west Africa that they put where Upper Volta used to be. Its capital is Oogadooga, or something like that. Its president is currently Blaise Compaoré, who took office in 1987 and will leave office feet first, one way or the other...
, a country in West Africa, at least 12 soldiers were killed and seven others are missing, Rooters reported.
There was no immediate comment from the army. The sources said the incident took place in the Toeni commune in the Boucle du Mouhoun region near the border with Mali.
No group grabbed credit for the attack.
On Saturday, a special army unit killed two prominent Boko Haram snuffies in the same region, according to the Communications Ministry.
Attacks by
... North Africa's answer to the Pak tribal areas...
, killing thousands and displacing millions in recent years across Burkina Faso, Mali, and Niger.
On Wednesday, an gang killed 30 civilians, army soldiers, and pro-government Death Eaters in a series of attacks near Burkina Faso's border with Niger.