A dozen people were killed Friday night (May 19th) in the village of Kié, in the west, near Mali. An attack by suspected jihadists and which adds to the toll of a bloody week.
In total: 50 people died after a series of attacks in the north and center-east of this Sahelian country, regularly bereaved by violence. This latest attack in western Burkina Faso has not yet been claimed. According to local sources cited by AFP, women and children were among the victims.