In Short: Jihadists kill ‘dozens’ of soldiers and civilians

AFP :

Two jihadist attacks in northeastern Burkina Faso early this week killed “several dozens” of soldiers and civilians, two security sources and a local source told AFP on Friday.

In a “major” attack carried out on Monday, a military unit in the village of Dargo was targeted by “armed terrorist groups”, leaving “several dozens of deaths on each side”, one of the regional security sources said.

The other security source told AFP that jihadists waged a second attack on Monday, on a supply convoy going between the towns of Dori and Gorom-Gorom.

“In that ambush, several soldiers were killed, along with civilians, notably truck drivers transporting supplies,” said the source.