### [2022-05-14](/feed/2022/05/14/index.md)

##### Insurgency in the Maghreb
# Six people are killed during an attack in Markoye. 




### Sources:

1. [Ouest France](https://www.ouest-france.fr/monde/burkina-faso/burkina-faso-une-quarantaine-de-morts-dans-trois-attaques-menees-par-des-djihadistes-presumes-22d48da0-d508-11ec-bd06-4e730397c904)

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