Deadly attacks have been on the rise in Burkina Faso, despite a coup in January led ... The local authority said that one of the vehicles in the convoy ran over an improvised explosive device.

Villagers who survived the attack told HRW that a military convoy with over 100 soldiers ... the latest mass killings of civilians by the Burkina Faso military in their counterinsurgency ...

OUAGADOUGOU: At least 10 Burkina Faso soldiers died and around 50 ... the main roads after blowing up bridges. An attack on a supply convoy heading for Djibo on September 26 left 37 dead ...

Burkina Faso insurgents killed ... in the west African country in response to the attack. The incident followed an attack on a mining convoy in November killed nearly 40 people - victims of ...