Al-Qaeda-linked group kills 14 soldiers in Burkina Faso

A jihadist attack on a military post killed at least 14 soldiers in northern Burkina Faso, which has seen a flare-up in violence in recent weeks, security officials told AFP on Tuesday. Al-Qaeda’s branch in the Sahel, the Group for the Support of Islam and Muslims (JNIM), claimed responsibility for the attack in Bagade on Saturday. Burkina Faso, which has been ruled by a military junta since a coup d’etat in 2022, has endured deadly attacks by jihadists affiliated with Al-Qaeda and the Islamic State group for more than a decade, particularly in the north. After a relative lull in...