The new figure would make the assault, in which civilians were shot dead as they dug trenches to defend the remote town of Barsalogho, one of the deadliest single attacks in Africa in recent decades.

Up to 600 people were shot dead in a matter of hours by al Qaeda-linked militants in an August attack on a town in Burkina Faso, according to a French government security assessment that nearly doubles the death toll cited in earlier reports. The new figure would make the assault, in which civilians were shot dead as they dug trenches to defend the remote town of Barsalogho, one of the deadliest single attacks in Africa in recent decades.

  • linearchaos@lemmy.worldEnglish
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    6 hours ago

    I should have already known it but because I didn’t and I looked it up, so I’ll go ahead and post it here in case anyone else doesn’t know:

    Burkina Faso is a landlocked country located in West Africa. It is bordered by six countries: Mali to the north and west, Niger to the east, Benin to the southeast, Togo and Ghana to the south, and Côte d’Ivoire (Ivory Coast) to the southwest. Its capital city is Ouagadougou, which is also the largest city. The country’s geographical position places it within the Sahel region, where the Sahara desert transitions into the savanna