Burkina Faso is confronted like many of its neighbors with the violence of terrorist groups. Regular attacks by armed movements affiliated with Al-Qaeda and the El group have caused thousands of deaths there and some two million displaced since 2015.

In an attack that took place on Monday, September 26, at least eleven soldiers were killed and also about fifty civilians are missing. The toll of this terrorist attack against a supply convoy in northern Burkina Faso could be much heavier, according to a security source referring to AFP.

The convoy was the target of an ambush near the town of Gaskindé, located in the province of Soum. “The attack also caused significant material damage,” government spokesman Lionel Bilgo said in a statement.

It was in early September that another particularly deadly attack targeted a supply convoy in the north of the country. At least 35 civilians, including several children, were killed in the explosion of an artisanal device between Djibo and Bourzanga. These convoys, escorted by the army, supply towns in the north which are subject to a blockade by terrorist groups.

Burkina Faso – especially the north and east of the country – is confronted like many of its neighbors with the violence of terrorist groups. Regular attacks by armed movements affiliated with Al-Qaeda and the El group have caused thousands of deaths there and some two million displaced since 2015.