Burkinabè Leader Visits Troops In Troubled Region

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Burkina Faso’s military ruler Ibrahim Traoré has paid a visit to frontline troops in the northern town of Djibo where a military camp was attacked by Islamist militants a fortnight ago.

According to a statement by the presidency, Captain Traoré visited the soldiers to comfort and encourage them.

He acknowledged that there were dysfunctions that must be corrected for greater efficiency on the northern front.

Report says he promised many of them would be allowed to go home and added that more intelligence and support would be available.

The town of about 300,000 residents has been under attack for months by armed militants.

At least 10 soldiers were killed and over 50 others wounded in the October 24 attack at a military camp in the town.

The attack is one of the deadliest on the armed forces since Mr. Traoré rose to power in a coup.

Earlier in September, 27 soldiers were killed in Gaskindé while escorting a convoy of supplies headed to Djibo town.

Captain Traoré overthrew his former comrade, Lt Col Paul-Henri Damiba on September 30, after accusing him of failing to fulfil his promise of quelling the Islamist insurgency that has gripped Burkina Faso since 2015.

 

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