Dozens killed in ‘barbaric’ militant attack in Burkina Faso
By DW
25 December 2019 |
2:56 pm
Attacks in Burkina Faso and the Sahel region are frequent, but the death toll in the latest clash was unprecedented. More than one hundred militants, soldiers and civilians were killed.
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