At least 40 civilians killed by al Qaeda-linked rebels in a Burkina Faso town, U.N. says

Rebels tied to Al-Qaida killed at least 40 civilians in Burkina Faso, UN says

The militants in the attack on Sunday also wounded 42 people and set fire to three camps for internally displaced people.

UN: At Least 40 Civilians Killed by Al-Qaida-Linked Rebels in Burkina Faso Town

At least 40 civilians were killed last weekend by al-Qaida-linked rebels trying to take control of a besieged town in Burkina Faso's hard-hit northern region, the United Nations' rights office said, calling the attack a war crime. In one of the largest clashes in recent years in the West African nation under threat from fighters linked to al-Qaida and the Islamic State group, a large number of fighters tried to take control of Djibo near Mali's …

At least 40 civilians killed in Burkina jihadist attack

At least 40 killed by al-Qaida-linked rebels in Burkina Faso town: UN

ABUJA, Nigeria — At least 40 civilians were killed last weekend by al-Qaida-linked rebels trying to take control of a besieged town in Burkina Faso's hard-hit northern region, the United Nations' rights office said, calling the attack a war crime.

At least 40 civilians killed by al-Qaida-linked rebels in Burkina Faso

At least 40 civilians were killed last weekend by al-Qaida-linked rebels trying to take control of a besieged town in Burkina Faso’s hard-hit northern region, the United Nations' rights office said, calling the attack a war crime. In one of the largest clashes in recent years in the West A...

At least 40 civilians killed by al-Qaida-linked rebels in a Burkina Faso town, UN rights office says

At least 40 civilians were killed last weekend by al-Qaida-linked rebels trying to take control of a besieged town in Burkina Faso's hard-hit northern region, the United Nations rights office said, calling the attack a war crime.