In the Sahel, a particularly deadly week. In Burkina Faso, an attack on a convoy of the Canadian mining company Semafo killed thirty-eight people.
On Saturday, Ronan Pointeau a French soldier of Operation Barkhane was killed by an explosive device in north-eastern Mali, the day after the assault on a Malian military camp that left 49 dead. Two attacks claimed by the Islamic State group in the Great Sahara (EIGS).
Iraq also counts its dead, more than 260 ... It is the result of a month of riots where the police do not hesitate to shoot the demonstrators.