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Armed men kill four in attack in Ivory Coast near Burkina Faso border
Armed men killed four villagers and left another missing in northeastern Ivory Coast near Burkina Faso, the army said Tuesday. The attack comes amid fears of a spillover of the Sahel region’s jihadist insurgencies towards coastal West Africa, with Benin and Togo also experiencing a spike in violence.
Ivory Coast villagers killed in Burkina Faso border attack
Four villagers were killed and another went missing in northeastern Ivory Coast near Burkina Faso in a deadly attack, the army said Tuesday. The assault marks the first such lethal incident in Ivory Coast since 2021, heightening fears of militan spillover from the Sahel region. The attack occurred in Difita village, two kilometres from the Burkinabe border, during the night from Sunday to Monday, army chief General Lassina Doumbia said. Four far…
Four villagers were killed and another lost in an attack by unknown armed men on Sunday night/Monday night; on the village of Davita, Tihini province, near the border with Burkina Faso, in the first fatal attack on Ivory Coast since 2021. The Chief of Staff, General Lasina Dombbia, said that the attack had also resulted in serious burns, several huts burned and cattle stolen, without revealing the identity of the attackers.
Costa do Marfim, which divides a border of nearly 600 kilometers with Burkina Faso, is trying, like other countries in the Gulf of Guinea, to contain the propaganda of active terrorist groups in Sahel. The attack took place on Sunday night for the second-day in the department of Tehini, two kilometres from the border with Burkina Faso, said the Head of State-Maor, General Lassina Doumbia, in communication, without specifying the identity of the …
On the night of Sunday 24 to Monday 25 August 2025, the village of Difita, located in the department of Téhini, near the border with Burkina Faso, was the target of an attack by unidentified armed individuals.
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