Burkina Faso’s junta had promised to end the Islamist insurgency that has left thousands dead
Burkina Faso’s government says 11 soldiers were found dead and around 50 civilians are missing following a suspected jihadist attack on a convoy.
Twenty-eight other people, including 20 soldiers, were wounded in the Monday attack and a search for the missing people is ongoing.
The vehicles, which were escorted by a military patrol, had been taking supplies to residents in the north of the country.
The ambush followed an attack on another army-supported convoy on Sunday that wounded four people.
Burkina Faso’s military government took power in a coup last January, promising to end an Islamist insurgency which has killed thousands of people and displaced two million more since 2015.