Thirty-three soldiers of the military detachment of Ougarou were killed and twelve wounded on Thursday, April 27 in "a complex attack of scale" in eastern Burkina Faso. The army claims that they "managed to neutralize at least forty terrorists before the arrival of reinforcements" Security sources said the attackers were "heavily armed" and that "some soldiers are missing."Violence has left 10,000 dead and two million displaced in the past seven years.
The transitional president signed a one-year decree of "general mobilization" last week.