At least 12 people have been killed in an attack in northern Burkina Faso, the incident confirmed by a security source, as violence rages in the Sahel nation. “On Saturday afternoon, armed men attacked Bani,” a town about 40 kilometres from Dori in the Sahel region, one resident said.” We deplore 12 dead according to the first toll,” another witness said.

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