At least 15 people were killed following an attack on a convoy transporting traders in a town in northern Burkina Faso on Friday, the government said on Saturday.
Many more were still unaccounted for, the government said in a statement.
Burkina Faso has been battling armed combatants with links to al-Qaeda and the Islamic State since 2017.Hundreds have been killed in the past year in the Sahel nation and over half a million people have fled their homes due to attacks which have also fuelled ethnic and religious tensions. On Thursday, Burkina Faso’s armed forces said troops destroyed a militant camp in another province in the north of the country.
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