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nobodyreadsthis on Nov 08, 2019 7:03am
French troops to protect border areas
Attack on Canadian mining company in Burkina Faso
- Gunmen in Burkina Faso ambushed a convoy carrying people with Canadian mining business Semafo, killing at least 37 and leaving 60 wounded. [BBC]
- Reports claim that the convoy of five buses was shot at after the front military vehicle hit an IED on the group’s way to the company’s Boungou mine. [Reuters]
- While this was one of the worst attacks in the West African country since an al-Qaeda raid of a popular cafe in 2016, Burkina Faso has struggled with resurgent jihadist violence in the past three years. Nearly half a million people have fled their homes. [Reuters]
- Only days earlier, Burkina Faso lawmaker Oumarou Dicko was killed by a suicide bomb attack in the northern Djibo region. [Bloomberg / Simon Gongo]
- Tuesday, French Minister of Armed Forces Florence Parly announced an expansion of France’s military operations in neighboring countries to fight the jihadist problem, specifically deploying troops to border areas in Burkina Faso. [Al Jazeera / Henry Wilkins]
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