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25/12/2019 GMT

Burkina Faso: Dozens killed in jihadist attack

BBC World Service - World Update, Burkina Faso: Dozens killed in jihadist attack

35 civilians have been killed in an attack on a military base and a town

The government said the militants first attacked a military outpost in northern Soum Province, before turning their guns on civilians. Eighty insurgents were killed, along with seven soldiers and thirty-five civilians, nearly all women.

Also on the programme: The Pope celebrates midnight mass at the Vatican and Thailand legalises the sale and use of marijuana for medical purposes.

(Photo: Soldiers from Burkina Faso patrol on the road of Gorgadji in the Sahel area of Burkina Faso, March 2019. Credit: Reuters/Luc Gnago)

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