The Nigerians in Diaspora Commission has condemned the killing of 16 Nigerians travelling in Burkina Faso as unjustifiable, callous and criminal. The Chairman/Chief Executive Officer of NiDCOM, Mrs Abike Dabiri-Erewa, condemned the killing in a statement signed by the Head of Media, Public Relations and Protocols Unit, NiDCOM, Mr Abdur-Rahman Balogun in Abuja. The NiDCOM
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Jihadists Attack: 18 die in Burkina Faso in two separate incidents
Attacks blamed on suspected jihadists are on the rise in Burkina Faso Eighteen people have been killed in two attacks in Burkina Faso, sources briefed on the incidents as violence rages in the Sahel nation. The country faces a jihadist insurgency that swept in from neighbouring Mali in 2015, with thousands of civilians, troops and
Read moreBurkina Faso incumbent Kabore wins presidential election
Burkina Faso’s President Roch Marc Christian Kabore has won a second term after gaining an outright majority in the first round of elections, the country’s electoral board announced Thursday. “Mr Kabore… with 57.87 percent of the vote, is provisionally elected president of (Burkina) Faso in the first round,” said Newton Ahmed Barry, head of the
Read moreSeven soldiers killed, others missing in fresh Burkina Faso attack
Seven soldiers were killed and others wounded or missing after their patrol was ambushed in northern Burkina Faso, the centre of a five-year-old jihadist insurgency, security sources said on Thursday. The troops were attacked on Wednesday between Tin Akoff and Beldiabe in Oudalan province, which borders Mali and Niger, one source said. “The provisional toll
Read moreSeven soldiers killed in fresh attack in northern Burkina Faso
‌Seven soldiers were killed and others wounded or missing after their patrol was ambushed in northern Burkina Faso, the centre of a five-year-old jihadist insurgency, security sources said on Thursday. The troops were attacked on Wednesday between Tin Akoff and Beldiabe in Oudalan province, which borders Mali and Niger, one source said. “The provisional toll
Read more2 Days National Mourning in Burkina Faso After Terrorists Killed 36 People
The volatile West African nation of Burkina Faso on Wednesday began two days of mourning after unknown terrorists killed no fewer than 36 people. “The gunmen attacked two villages, Alamou and Nagraogo, in the country’s north, near the border with Mali on Monday,’’ the government said in a statement. The attackers also set fire to
Read moreBlack Wednesday in Burkina Faso Following Double Jihadist Attacks
Burkina Faso was in mourning Wednesday after jihadists killed 35 civilians, almost all of them women, in double attacks in the north in one of the deadliest assaults in nearly five years of violence in the West African country. Seven soldiers and 80 jihadists also died in Tuesday’s simultaneous attacks on the town of Arbinda
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