Two soldiers and four civilian volunteers with Burkina Faso’s security forces have been killed in clashes with suspected jihadists, army headquarters said on Thursday. On Wednesday, a reconnaissance unit in northwestern Burkina clashed with “terrorists” in Gomboro, in Sourou province and an officer was killed, the statement also said. The landlocked Sahel state underwent a military coup in January, when disgruntled colonels ousted elected president Roch Marc Christian Kabore. On Wednesday, security sources said a leading jihadist commander in the north had been killed in an airstrike on May 26. Tidiane Djibrilou Dicko was on a most-wanted list of 46 jihadists that the armed forces circulated in early May.

Source: The North Africa Journal June 02, 2022 15:06 UTC