The regional governor, Ram Joseph Kafando on Wednesday said suspected jihadists ambushed a military convoy carrying more than 1,000 civilians in Burkina Faso last week, leading to civilian deaths and injuries.
The governor in a statement, however, did not provide the number of casualties that were killed.
Kafando, who visited the wounded in the hospital on Tuesday said the ambush took place on Aug. 9 in the village of Tawori in the east of the Sahel country.
He did not say how many people had been injured, or whether any soldiers had been among the casualties.
Kafando praised the medical staff of the hospital where the injured had been taken as “doing a titanic job.”
Burkina Faso and neighbouring Mali and Niger are fighting a jihadist insurgency that has spread across the Sahel region of West Africa since it first took root in Mali 12 years ago.
The failure of previous governments to protect civilians against the insurgency has contributed to two coups in Mali, two in Burkina Faso and one in Niger since 2020.
But the juntas have so far failed on their promises to stamp out the insurgency and end violence that has caused thousands of deaths and displaced millions.
