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Ecowas condems jihadist attack that leaves over 50 Burkinabé military, volunteers dead

Burkina Faso's military has said that at least 53 members of the country's security forces were killed in suspected jihadist attack on Monday. U.S. Africa Command - Sgt. Benjamin Northcutt

At least fifty-three members of Burkina Faso's security forces have been killed in an attack by suspected jihadists in the north of the country, that has been condemned by the West African bloc, Ecowas.

In a statement released Tuesday, the Burkinabé army reported that seventeen soldiers and 36 civilian volunteers for the army died on Monday while repelling an unspecified "attack."

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