51 Burkina Troops Killed By In Ambush: New Army Toll

At least 19 soldiers killed in north Burkina Faso attack on Monday - security sources

DAKAR (Reuters) - At least 19 members of Burkina Faso's army were killed in an attack in the north of the country on Monday, two security sources said, the second major assault on forces fighting jihadist militants in the area in less than a week. Read full story

Two attacks kill at least 70 Burkinabe soldiers in four days

Burkina has been facing a resurgence of terrorist violence since the beginning of the year

Nearly 70 troops killed in two jihadist attacks in troubled Burkina

The army mounted a counter-attack with air support, "neutralising... dozens of terrorists

Nearly 70 troops killed in two jihadist attacks in Burkina Faso

Suspected jihadists killed at least 15 soldiers in troubled northern Burkina Faso, just three days after an ambush that claimed the lives of 51 troops, security sources said Tuesday. A unit in Tin-Akoff in Oudalan province near the border with Mali "came under violent attack" on Monday evening, a source…

Burkina Faso: at least 70 soldiers killed in four days in two attacks

The leader of the junta, Ibrahim Traoré, has set himself the objective of “reconquering” the approximately 40% of territory controlled by the jihadi groups. But the attacks attributed to them have only increased.

Death toll in jihadi attack in West African nation rises to 51

The death toll from a jihadi attack on a Burkina Faso army unit in the north of the country has risen to 51, military officials said Monday.