A joint operation between the armies of Burkina Faso and Niger have killed an unspecified number of marauding militants.
The operation comes a week after Burkina Faso’s parliament agreed to the deployment of troops to Niger in order to fight the terrorist uprising along the countries’ common border.
On spotting “a column of terrorists” leaving Niger for Burkina Faso, the troops launched a raid, Burkina Faso’s state-owned RTB TV channel said on Sunday.
It further stated that joint forces “neutralised these attackers in pairs on 100 motorbikes and destroyed most of their logistics” in eastern Burkina Faso’s Kantchari area.
Some weeks ago, Burkina Faso, Niger Republic and Mali signed the Alliance of Sahel States, a defence agreement to support each other against any armed insurgency or external aggression.
