### [2023-05-27](/feed/2023/05/27/index.md)

##### Jihadist insurgency in Burkina Faso
# About 40 people, mainly VDP members, are killed during two attacks by gunmen in the Boucle du Mouhoun Region. 




### Sources:

1. [Africa News](https://www.africanews.com/2023/05/31/burkina-faso-nearly-40-dead-in-2-jihadist-attacks/)

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