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Tragedy took place in Burkina Faso:

At least 32 defense volunteers and 10 soldiers have died in suspected jihadist attacks in insurgency-hit northern Burkina Faso, officials said on Sunday.

A detachment of soldiers and the civilian volunteers “was the target of an attack by unidentified armed men on Saturday… at about 4:00 pm,” near Aorema village, the Ouahigouya governorate said in a statement.

The army said the death toll was 40 — eight soldiers and 32 defense volunteers, adding that “at least 50 terrorists” were “neutralised” in the counter-attack, including a number killed in air strikes.

On Sunday, there was “another attack targeting the military detachment of Kongoussi (Bam province, North Central region),” according to the same source, who reported “two soldiers” killed and “about 20 terrorists neutralized.”

There's now calls for serious military operations to put a stop to this:

Support is growing for Burkina Faso's military junta declaration of a "general mobilisation" to give the state "all necessary means" to combat a string of jihadist attacks since the start of this year.

The goal is to create a "legal framework for all the actions to be taken" against the insurgents, a statement from the presidency on Thursday said.

"Faced with this security situation, the health of the nation depends on a surge of national spirit by all its daughters and sons in order to find a solution," Defence Minister Colonel Major Kassoum Coulibaly also explained in a statement.

Details of the plan were not disclosed, though a security source told AFP it would include "a state of emergency for the affected territories".

They'll have to spread out around the country and hunt down the jihadist cells while leaving no stone unturned in order to weed out all criminals who're part of the terror cells. That's the best way to deal with the situation.

Labels: Africa, islam, jihad, military, terrorism, war on terror