
Four soldiers and 10 volunteers with the military were killed on Wednesday in northern Burkina Faso, in a terrorist attack that coincided with a visit by the country's military leader in the same Centre-North region, a security source said Thursday.
The attack on Wednesday in Zorkoum, near the city of Kaya, targeted a unit of soldiers and members of the Volunteers for the Defence of the Fatherland (VDP), the source said.