{"id":5283,"date":"2023-01-20T17:14:31","date_gmt":"2023-01-20T17:14:31","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/amnewsworld.com\/?p=5283"},"modified":"2023-01-20T17:14:31","modified_gmt":"2023-01-20T17:14:31","slug":"attacks-in-northern-burkina-faso-kill-at-least-18","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.amnewsworld.com\/fi\/attacks-in-northern-burkina-faso-kill-at-least-18\/","title":{"rendered":"Attacks in northern Burkina Faso kill at least 18"},"content":{"rendered":"<div class=\"article-content__text article-content__left-column js-responsive-iframes-container\">\n<p>An attack in <strong>Burkina Faso<\/strong> on Thursday has claimed the lives of at least <strong>18<\/strong> civilians including <strong>16<\/strong> army volunteers.<\/p>\n<p>Both attacks took place in the north of the country, a region that since <strong>2005<\/strong> has been facing attacks by jihadist groups linked to al-Qaeda and the Islamic State.<\/p>\n<p>The attacks have recently multiplied. 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