...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...
, security sources said Saturday, the latest in a spate of violence generally blamed on a jihadist insurgency.The attack on Friday took place in Soum province not far from where alleged jihadists blew up a bridge linking two northern towns in mid-September
"Armed individuals attacked the gold mining site at Dolmane... leaving around 20 dead, mainly gold miners," one security source said.
Another security source confirmed the attack, adding that a number of people had been injured, without giving further details.
The West African nation has become part of a four-and-a-half year jihadist insurgency in the Sahel region
... North Africa's answer to the Pak tribal areas...
Many of the attacks have been attributed to groups affiliated with al-Qaeda, and others to the so-called Islamic State
...formerly ISIS or ISIL, depending on your preference. Before that they were al-Qaeda in Iraq, as shaped by Abu Musab Zarqawi. They're really very devout, committing every atrocity they can find in the Koran and inventing a few more. They fling Allaharound with every other sentence, but to hear western pols talk they're not
reallyMoslems....
groupMore than 585 people have been killed since early 2015, according to an AFP toll.
A week ago, 17 people, including a soldier, were killed in a weekend of attacks in the north.
On September 29, about 20 men on cycle of violences attacked the village of Komsilga in Bam province, killing nine people, and burning shops and two car tyres.
Later the same day, seven people were killed after armed individuals attacked the village of Deneon in the same province.
A third attack in Deou in Soum province saw a soldier killed during an attack on an army unit.
The Burkinabe army, which itself has suffered heavy losses, has been unable to stop the attacks, which were initially concentrated in the north of the country but have since spread to other regions in the east and west.
THOUSANDS FORCED TO FLEE
Attacks on emblems of the state, hit-and-run raids on remote villages and brutal interpretation of Islamic law have forced an estimated 300,000 people to flee their homes to the south.
The attacks have also fuelled intercommunal violence and seen about 2,000 schools closed.
West African leaders last month announced a billion-dollar plan to fight the rising problem of jihadist violence in the region, at a summit in Burkina Faso.
The fight against the rising tide of jihadist violence in the region has so far been hampered by a lack of funds.