Places of worship and religious leaders across Burkina Faso have been targeted in attacks blamed on rebels.
An attack on a mosque in eastern Burkina Faso killed dozens of Muslims on the same day as another deadly attack on Catholics attending mass, local and security sources have told the AFP news agency.
“Armed individuals attacked a mosque in Natiaboani on Sunday around 5am, resulting in several dozen being killed,” a security source told the AFP on Monday.
“The victims were all Muslims, most of them men” who had come for morning prayers, a local resident said by…