Armed Assailants Kill About 50 People in Eastern Burkina Faso

Armed Assailants Kill About 50 People in Eastern Burkina Faso
Soldiers patrol aboard a pick-up truck on a road in Burkina Faso, on Feb. 3, 2020. Olympia De Maismont/Getty Images
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OUAGADOUGOU—Armed assailants have killed about 50 people in a part of eastern Burkina Faso ravaged by Islamist violence, the region’s governor said on Thursday.

It was not immediately clear who was behind the attack on Wednesday against residents of the rural commune of Madjoari, said Colonel Hubert Yameogo, the governor of the East Region.