An attack on a military detachment in eastern Burkina Faso has left 33 soldiers dead, the military-led government said, the latest bout of violence in a country locked in fighting against a militant insurgency. A contingent of troops came across “a complex, large-scale attack” in the Est region on Thursday, which also left 12 soldiers wounded, the army said. The besieged soldiers killed at least 40 “terrorists” before reinforcements arrived, it said.
