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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
Madrid, Apr 30 (EFE) .- (Camera: Ángel Herrera) The Armed Forces plane in charge of repatriating the bodies of the two Spanish journalists murdered in Burkina Faso arrived on Friday at the Torrejón de Ardoz air base (Madrid ) where their families and the Ministers of Foreign Affairs and Defense, Arancha González Laya and Margarita Robles, were waiting for them.FOOTAGE OF THE ARRIVAL.
The bodies of two Spanish journalists and an Irish wildlife activist killed during an anti-poaching patrol in eastern Burkina Faso arrive in Spain after being repatriated aboard a military plane. Journalists David Beriain and Roberto Fraile were accompanying Irish ONG chief Rory Young on the patrol in the Arly National Park on Monday 26 April when they were attacked, Young's Chengeta Wildlife group said, calling the assailants "terrorists". IMAGES
Parisians pay tribute to the two soldiers killed during a raid to rescue four hostages in Burkina Faso, as the funeral procession passes by the Pont Alexandre III bridge ahead of a ceremony at the Invalides led by French President Emmanuel Macron. IMAGES
Six people were killed in the Burkina Faso capital of Ouagadougou on Friday when they attacked the French embassy and the country's military headquarters, the government said, adding that members of the security forces had also been wounded. PHOTOS of authorities responding to attack
French President Emmanuel Macron arrived in Ouagadougou on Monday for the start of a three-day trip of western Africa aimed at boosting France's regional influence. Welcomed by his Burkinabe counterpart Roch Marc Christian Kabore, Macron's visit was marred by an attempted attack on French troops in the capital just hours before he touched down. IMAGES