MK254
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Duh sikujua jamaa wapo hadi nchi maskini kama Burkina, walivamia na kuua madereva na wafanya kazi wa msafara wa chakula uliokua unasafiri kwenda kusaidia vijiji vyenye njaa...
The ambush, claimed by Al-Qaeda, officially killed 37 people, including 27 soldiers.
But 70 truck drivers remain missing, according to their union.
The disaster has become a symbol of the state's inability to secure remote countryside areas and protect local people, 10 years into a bloody jihadist insurgency in the Sahel region.
Five days later, Burkina was rocked its second coup in less than nine months -- the fifth in two years in the landlocked West African region.
Local people speaking to AFP described carelessness by the army charged with protecting them and their own daily challenge of survival.
The ambush, claimed by Al-Qaeda, officially killed 37 people, including 27 soldiers.
But 70 truck drivers remain missing, according to their union.
The disaster has become a symbol of the state's inability to secure remote countryside areas and protect local people, 10 years into a bloody jihadist insurgency in the Sahel region.
Five days later, Burkina was rocked its second coup in less than nine months -- the fifth in two years in the landlocked West African region.
Local people speaking to AFP described carelessness by the army charged with protecting them and their own daily challenge of survival.
MSN
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