### [2024-08-25](/feed/2024/08/25/index.md)

##### Jihadist insurgency in Burkina Faso
# Nearly 200 people are killed and at least 140 others are injured in an attack by the al-Qaeda-linked Jama'at Nasr al-Islam wal-Muslimin jihadist organization in Barsalogho Department, Burkina Faso. 




### Sources:

1. [Al Jazeera](https://www.aljazeera.com/news/2024/8/25/up-to-200-people-killed-in-attack-in-central-burkina-faso)

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