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Nearly 20 Civilians Killed at Market in Eastern Burkina Faso

© AP Photo / Sylvain CherkaouiIn this photo taken on Tuesday, Dec. 10, 2019 displaced Burkinabe people in the Pissila town camp, near Kaya, Burkina Faso. Islamic extremists carried out a record number of attacks last year in Burkina Faso and the instability has now spread to the country's east. The violence in northern and now eastern Burkina Faso has displaced more than half a million people, according to the United Nations. And there are fears the unrest could throw elections planned for late 2020 into question.
In this photo taken on Tuesday, Dec. 10, 2019 displaced Burkinabe people in the Pissila town camp, near Kaya, Burkina Faso. Islamic extremists carried out a record number of attacks last year in Burkina Faso and the instability has now spread to the country's east. The violence in northern and now eastern Burkina Faso has displaced more than half a million people, according to the United Nations. And there are fears the unrest could throw elections planned for late 2020 into question. - Sputnik International
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MOSCOW (Sputnik) - Gunmen in Burkina Faso's Est region have opened fire at a cattle market and killed 20 civilians, the regional governor said in a statement on Friday that was carried by domestic media outlets.
“Provisionally, 20 people were killed and many more were injured”, regional governor Colonel Saidou Sanou said in a written statement, which was published by the Le Faso news portal.

The incident reportedly took place near the village of Namoungou, in the province of Gnagna.

In March, more than forty people were killed in attacks on two villages in the Barga department in Burkina Faso's Nord region.

Burkina Faso has been struggling to contain an armed insurgency linked to Daesh* since 2016. Hundreds of civilians have been killed during the ongoing conflict.

*Daesh is a terrorist group banned in Russia and many other countries.

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