6 Troops Die In Ambushes In Sanmatenga Province

At least six Burkinabe troops have been killed in a pair of attacks on government forces in the northern Sanmatenga province, reports Xinhua, China’s state news agency. On Oct. 23, militants killed five personnel and wounded four in an ambush in the Barsalogho department of Sanmatenga province in the Centre-Nord region, security officials said. Other reports indicated 11 troops had been wounded, reported Agence-France Presse. Militants killed another government soldier in an...