Opponents urged fresh protests on Saturday against the government’s inability to contain a four-year insurgency by militants linked to al Qaeda and the Islamic State which has killed thousands and displaced over a million. ![]() 14 that have killed over 60 Burkina Faso security forces and over a dozen civilians, sparking nationwide anger and protests, with calls for President Roch Marc Kabore to resign. The attack is the latest of three since Nov. However, three soldiers fell during combat and dozens were wounded,” the army said in the statement. “The army detachment in Thiou, in the Yatenga Region was the target of an attack by armed individuals. OUAGADOUGOU -Three Burkina Faso soldiers died and 11 militants were killed during an attack on the troops in the north of the Sahel West African nation on Wednesday, the army said in a statement.
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