Burkina Faso army confirmed that 33 soldiers were killed on Thursday during an attack staged by suspected jihadists.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
A group of troops were hit by a complex, large-scale strike in the east region, which left another 12 wounded, the statement notes.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
It adds: Army soldiers engaged the terrorists and gunned down at least 40 before reinforcements arrived.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
It should be mentioned that Burkina Faso has been troubled by a bloody jihadist insurgency since 2015, with fighting between the security forces and militias linked to al-Qaida and the Islamic State leaving thousands dead and millions displaced.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
Burkina Faso army confirmed that 33 soldiers were killed on Thursday during an attack staged by suspected jihadists. A group of troops were hit by a complex, large-scale strike in the east region, which left another 12 wounded, the statement notes. It adds: Army soldiers engaged the terrorists and gunned down at least 40 before …<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":5,"featured_media":92720,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"rop_custom_images_group":[],"rop_custom_messages_group":[],"rop_publish_now":"initial","rop_publish_now_accounts":{"facebook_108372464460192_245495985553329":""},"rop_publish_now_history":[],"rop_publish_now_status":"pending","footnotes":""},"categories":[18,31],"tags":[4423],"class_list":["post-92719","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-africa","category-news","tag-scores-killed-in-burkina-faso"],"yoast_head":"\n