Al-Qaeda Affiliate Claims Killing 200 Soldiers in Burkina Faso | Firstpost Africa | N18G An al-Qaeda-linked group has claimed ...

A West African al Qaeda affiliate said it killed 200 soldiers in an attack on an army base in Burkina Faso this week, ...

A jihadi group aligned with Al-Qaida known as Jama’at Nasr al-Islam wal-Muslimin, or JNIM, which is active in the Sahel ...

An assault on a Burkina Faso army base resulted in the deaths of 200 soldiers, according to the SITE Intelligence Group ...

A West African al Qaeda affiliate has claimed responsibility for killing 200 soldiers at an army base in Burkina Faso's Djibo ...

In the African country of Burkina Faso, a terrorist organization linked to Al Qaeda has launched a fierce attack on the army.

Fresh jihadist violence has killed "several dozen" soldiers and civilians in simultaneous attacks in a town in northern ...

More than 100 people, mostly soldiers, were reportedly killed in a coordinated jihadist assault in northern Burkina Faso, ...

The base in the northern town of Djibo came under attack on Sunday morning, and a police station and market were also targeted, security sources told the news agency Reuters. Although there was no ...

The attacks highlight the difficulties the three Sahel nations of Burkina Faso, Mali and Niger, ruled by military leaders, ...

The attack on several locations, including a military base and the long besieged strategic town of Djibo, occurred early Sunday, said an aid worker actively involved in dialogues in Burkina Faso ...

Burkina Faso's government did not respond to a request for comment. The base in the northern town of Djibo came under attack on Sunday morning, with hundreds of fighters overrunning and destroying ...