Aug. 1 (EUROPA PRESS) –
The Burkina Faso Army has killed nearly 20 suspected terrorists in a series of operations carried out in recent days, amid rising insecurity due to increased jihadist attacks.
According to information collected by the Burkina Faso state news agency, AIB, the attacks were carried out with artillery and aviation in Nouaho and Kankanmogré, in the east of the African country.
Thus, security sources cited by this medium have highlighted that the operations also resulted in the destruction of materials used by the suspects to carry out attacks.
Burkina Faso, led by a military junta since the aforementioned coup, has generally experienced a significant increase in insecurity since 2015, which has caused a wave of internally displaced persons and refugees to other countries in the region.
The attacks, the work of both the affiliate of Al Qaeda and that of the Islamic State in the region, have also contributed to increasing inter-community violence and have caused self-defense groups to flourish, to which the Burkinabe government has added ‘volunteers ‘ to help in the fight against terrorism.
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