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The funeral for the Burkina Faso military officers killed in an attack on a supply convoy headed for the northern town to Djibo on September 26 is held in the coutnry's capital, Ougadougou. The ambush, claimed by Al-Qaeda, with an official death toll of 37 people, 27 of them soldiers, has become emblematic of the state's inability to secure remote countryside areas and protect local people, 10 years into a bloody jihadist insurgency in the Sahel region. IMAGES
The French embassy in Burkina Faso is targeted by angry protesters and a fire breaks-out as the situation remains unclear in Ouagadougou. Burkina Faso's army dismisses a claim by junior officers that they had seized power in the West African country. IMAGES
Soldiers block the street behind the Prime Minister's office in downtown Ouagadougou as gunfire was heard in the Burkinabe capital last night. National television is no longer broadcasting. IMAGES
Soldiers are blocking access to the Place de la Nation in downtown Ouagadougou after gunfire was heard in the Burkinabe capital last night. National television is no longer broadcasting and the city's main roads are blocked by soldiers. IMAGES
Jalalabad, Jan 28 (EFE/EPA).- At least three ANA soldiers were injured in a bomb blast that hit an Afghan National Army (ANA) vehicle in Jalalabad.(Camera: GHULAMULLAH HABIBI)SHOT LIST: AFGHAN SOLDIERS INSPECTING THE PLACE WHERE THE BOMB BLAST TOOK PLACE IN JALALABAD, AFGHANISTAN.
Dozens of people were wounded with fatalities feared in a Taliban-claimed attack which saw a powerful car bomb rock Kabul early Monday, followed by gunmen who battled special forces in an area housing military and government buildings. IMAGES AND SOUNDBITE
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