13 killed in inter communal violence in Burkina Faso

fficials in Burkinafaso said on Wednesday  that thirteen civilians have been killed in ethnic violence in central Burkina Faso. On Monday a partial state of emergency had been declared in some of the provinces………koi

Armed men on motorbikes descended on the village of Yirgou in Barsalogo district after nightfall on Monday, killing six people, including the village chief, government spokesman Jean Paul Badoun said

The following day, Yirgou villagers – largely belonging to the Mossi ethnic group – attacked a nearby camp of Fulani nomadic herders, killing seven people in apparent retaliation. Yirgou residents blamed the herders for sheltering the men who attacked them the day before.

Abdoulaye Pafadnam, mayor of Barsalogo district, said the victims were buried at nightfall on Tuesday, adding that the death toll may be higher than 13.