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2019-10-23 Africa North
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Days of attacks in Burkina Faso kill at least 19 civilians
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 [AlAhram] Officials in Burkina Faso
...The country in west Africa that they put where Upper Volta used to be. Its capital is Oogadooga, or something like that. Its president is currently Blaise Compaoré, who took office in 1987 and will leave office feet first, one way or the other...
say attacks in the past few days have killed at least 19 civilians in the West African nation's northern region where Islamic turbans are gaining ground.
| That would be the Group for Support of Islam and Muslims (JNIM), the current name of the regional affiliate of Al Qaeda in North Africa, once upon a time known as Ansar ul Islam. |
North Central Regional Councilor Adama Sawadogo says gunnies attacked Zoura village in Bam province overnight Sunday into Monday, killing at least nine civilians. He says a weekend attack on a funeral in Boulga village in Sanmatenga province killed at least four people. Another attack in Loroum province killed six.
Officials also say four soldiers and a policeman were killed Friday night in two attacks in the north.
Burkina Faso's border with Mali is increasingly insecure as Islamic turbans spill into the once-peaceful country. 
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