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11 OFFICERS KILLED IN BURKINA FASO AMBUSH, 4 MISSING | WORLD ISLAM NEWS

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FOLLOW WORLD ISLAM NEWS https://www.facebook.com/WINWorldIslamNews https://www.instagram.com/worldislamnews /channel/UCZhfwtTdxZSktkSKb3qn3GA RELATED HASHTAGS #WorldIslamNews #BurkinaFaso #Yirgou #Attack #Humanitariancrisis #UN Burkina Faso’s government has said an ambush on a police unit in the country’s conflict-hit north has left at least 11 officers dead, with four others missing. On Tuesday, Security Minister Ousseini Compaore said the officers were attacked while on a relief mission to Yirgou, a town that has been hit by recent violence. There was no immediate claim of responsibility for the attack. Since 2015, Burkina Faso has struggled to fight back against increasingly frequent and deadly attacks from armed groups linked to al-Qaeda and ISIL. Such attacks, have killed at least 1,400 people sparking a major humanitarian crisis. Since 2019, violence in the country has forced more than 1.2 million people, about one in 20 in the population – to flee their homes, according to the UN. All article data is taken from the source: https://www.aljazeera.com/

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