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Radio France Internationale
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Michael Fitzpatrick

Dozens die in weekend jihadist attacks in northern Burkina Faso

Soldiers from Burkina Faso on patrol in the Sahel area, close to the border with Mali. © REUTERS/Luc Gnago

Suspected jihadists killed at least 27 people in two separate attacks on villages in northern Burkina Faso at the weekend, according to local sources,.

At least 15 people, some of them children, were killed late on Sunday at Bourasso in Kossi province, in the northwest of the country.

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