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2021-11-17 Africa North
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Gendarmes attacked in northern Burkina Faso, 32 dead
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[AlAhram] At least 32 people, including 28 military coppers, were killed in an attack carried out by an unidentified group of gunnies on a gendarmerie post in Inata, northern 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...
, according to Rooters.
In the wake of the attack — the deadliest witnessed by the country’s troops in years — President Roch Kabore announced a three-day period of national mourning.
Another group of gunnies also attempted a second attack in northern Burkina Faso on Sunday but were successfully repelled by troops.
Numerous attacks have been launched by gunnies linked to ISIS and al-Qaeda in Burkina Faso over the past few years.
The Death Eaters’ insurgency across Sahel region
... North Africa's answer to the Pak tribal areas...
in West Africa has killed thousands and displaced millions so far.
Earlier this month, Egypt opened the Sahel and Sahara Counter-terrorism Centre in Cairo to coordinate the efforts of the 20 states of the Community of Sahel-Saharan [CEN-SAD] states to confront terrorism.
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