At least 20 people were killed in a series of raids on villages in Burkina Faso's troubled north, security sources and local residents told AFP Friday. Advertising Read moreArmed men attacked three villages early on Thursday in the country's northern Yatenga province. "Yesterday at around 5 am (local and GMT), armed groups attacked the villages of Pelle, Zanna and Nongfaire", a local resident said Friday, giving a toll of 25 people killed. The violence has seen more than 10,000 killed -- both civilians and military -- according to the NGOs, and displaced an estimated two million people. Earlier this week, some 20 civilians were killed in two attacks by suspected jihadists 400 kilometres further south in the Centre-Est region, bordering Togo and Ghana.

Source: The North Africa Journal May 20, 2023 13:36 UTC