This is stated in a message on the agency’s Twitter.

#BREAKING Jihadists kill around 20 civilians in Burkina Faso: security source pic.twitter.com/KSJaQqIN6x

- AFP news agency (@AFP) February 2, 2020

It is noted that the attackers were "jihadists."

On January 22, at least 36 people died as a result of a terrorist attack on a market in Burkina Faso.