Feb 24, 2019 – Burkina Faso’s armed forces killed around 30 suspected militants last week in an land and air operation against jihadist groups operating in the east of the country, the military said on Sunday. Burkina Faso, part of a joint French-led military campaign against jihadists in the Sahel, is on the frontline of the Islamist militantinsurgency that has gripped parts of west and central Africa. During last week’s operations, special forces, army and air force units hit militants in Kombienbiga, Kabonga and other eastern regions between Tuesday and Wednesday, an army statement said. A security source said most of the militants were killed in air strikes on their hideouts and rest in clean-up sweeps by ground forces. Militant raids began in the north of Burkina Faso in 2015 before spreading to the east, leaving more than 300 dead so far, according to AFP estimates.

Source: The North Africa Journal February 24, 2019 18:11 UTC