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Attack on Mining Company’s Convoy Kills 37 in Burkina Faso

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An attack on a mining company’s convoy in Burkina Faso killed 37 people, underscoring the deteriorating security situation in the African nation

Associated PressGunmen attacked a convoy near a Canadian-owned mining site in Burkina Faso, killing at least 37 people and wounding 60 others, the regional governor said late Wednesday.

Montreal-based Semafo said the bloodshed happened about 25 miles from its Boungou mine in Burkina Faso’s Eastern region and involved five buses of employees who were being accompanied by a military escort.

 

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