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Search underway for 50 women abducted in Burkina Faso

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Security forces are searching for about 50 women kidnapped by suspected jihadists in insurgency-hit northern Burkina Faso. The landlocked West African country is one of the poorest and most volatile nations in the world. Since 2015, it has battled an insurgency led by jihadists affiliated with Al-Qaeda and the Islamic State group.

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Search underway for 50 women abducted in Burkina Faso

Security forces are searching for about 50 women kidnapped by suspected jihadists in insurgency-hit northern Burkina Faso, a regional governor said on Monday.

1 year ago·South Africa

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Malay Mail

Search underway for 50 women abducted in Burkina Faso

OUAGADOUGOU, Jan 17 — Security forces are searching for about 50 women kidnapped by suspected jihadists in insurgency-hit northern Burkina Faso, a regional governor said on Monday. The women were kidnapped in separate incidents on Thursday and Friday as they foraged for food, in the latest attack on civilians by suspected Al-Qaeda and Islamic State-linked extremists. UN human rights chief Volker Turk called for “the immediate and unconditional r…

1 year ago·Selangor, Malaysia

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India Today

Nearly 50 women abducted by Islamist militants in Burkina Faso

Around 50 women have been kidnapped by armed Islamist militants in Burkina Faso's Ouagadougou.

1 year ago·India

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France24

Search underway for 50 women abducted in Burkina Faso

Security forces are searching for about 50 women kidnapped by suspected jihadists in insurgency-hit northern Burkina Faso, a regional governor said on Monday.

1 year ago·France

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