Ambushes leave 12 dead in Burkina Faso: local, security sources

Ouagadougou (AFP) May 8, 2022

At least 12 people, including 10 army auxiliaries and two civilians, were killed in an ambush by suspected jihadists in northern Burkina Faso, security and local sources told AFP on Sunday. "Yesterday (Saturday) morning, a food convoy escorted by volunteers for the defence of the fatherland (VDP) was the target of an ambush on the Dori-Gorgadji road," during which "12 people were killed," a