Burkina Faso troops come under 'a complex, large-scale attack' in Est region, leaving 33 soldiers dead and 12 wounded, says army
Militants have seized swathes of territory across the Sahel, a categorisation used for a group of countries comprising Burkina Faso, Chad, Mali, Mauritania and Niger.
A contingent of troops came across"a complex, large-scale attack" in the Est region on Thursday, which also left 12 soldiers wounded, the army said.Burkina Faso is one of several West African nations battling a violent militant insurgency that has spread from neighbouring Mali over the past decade, killing thousands and displacing over 2 million.
Armed forces have also been accused of indiscriminately killing civilians during anti-insurgency missions.
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