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Burkina Faso had a bloody weekend in the northern part of the country. A series of attacks took place on Thursday January 19, killing according to an initial report about thirty civilians, half of whom are VDP, the Volunteers for the Defense of the Homeland, according to security sources joined by AFP.
It was at Rakoegtenga in the province of Bam, about a hundred kilometers north of Ouagadougou, that the first attack hit an advanced VDP post. Six volunteers are killed, as well as a civilian woman, according to AFP security sources.
The same day, in the province of Nayala, a little further west, an ambush is set for a convoy of soldiers and VDPs, on the Siena-Saran road. Result: a dozen VDP and a civilian killed.
Two other incidents occur this Thursday, in the province of Sanmatenga, in the Center North. A mixed team of soldiers and VDP is attacked by armed men in Zincko, and in the evening, terrorists raid the town of Sanaba. Twelve civilians lose their lives.
In a statement released on Friday, the civil society movement Bam Faangre, in the province of Bam, denounced the inaction of the defense and security forces “ when the disarmed population needs them. » « No major operation has been launched on the shores of Lake Bam, which have become terrorist sanctuaries “, concludes the press release.