44 Dead in 2 Attacks in Burkina Faso

44 Dead in 2 Attacks in Burkina Faso
Burkina Faso soldiers in Ouagadougou, Burkina Faso, in a file photo. Issouf Sanogo/AFP via Getty Images
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OUAGADOUGOU—Unknown assailants killed 44 people in two attacks in northern Burkina Faso overnight on Thursday, authorities said.

The raids occurred in the villages of Kourakou and Tondobi in the Sahel region of the West African country, an area overrun by groups linked to al-Qaeda and ISIS terrorist groups that have carried out repeated attacks for years.