July 19 (EUROPA PRESS) –
The Burkina Faso Army has killed more than 60 suspected terrorists in clashes around Ougarou and Partiaga, located in the eastern region), according to security sources.
These sources have told the Burkinabe state news agency, AIB, that a group of armed men launched an attack on the civilian population in Ougarou, sparking clashes that were followed by a series of shelling.
Burkina Faso has registered a sharp increase in jihadist attacks in recent years, the work of both Al Qaeda and Islamic State affiliates in the region, which led the military junta headed by Ibrahim Traoré to decree a mobilization in April general.
The attacks have also contributed to increased intercommunal violence and have caused self-defense groups to flourish, to which the Burkinabe government has added “volunteers.” The deterioration of security has caused a wave of internally displaced persons and refugees to other countries in the region.
