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The West African nation has been struggling to contain armed groups for a decade.
About 170 people were killed in attacks on three villages in northern Burkina Faso a week ago, a regional prosecutor has said, as violence flares in the country.
Aly Benjamin Coulibaly said in a statement on Sunday that he had received reports of the attacks on the villages of Komsilga, Nodin and Soroe in Yatenga province on February 25, with a provisional toll of “around 170 people executed”.
The attacks left several others wounded and caused material damage, the prosecutor for the northern town of…
