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The Sahelian Islamist group and al-Qaeda affiliate Jama'a Nusrat ul-Islam wa al-Muslimin (JNIM) claimed to have killed 200 soldiers in an attack on an army base in northern Burkina Faso this week, the U.S.-based SITE Intelligence Group said on Thursday.

The Sahelian Islamist group and al-Qaeda affiliate Jama'a Nusrat ul-Islam wa al-Muslimin (JNIM) claimed to have killed 200 soldiers in an attack on an army base in northern Burkina Faso this week, the U.S.-based SITE Intelligence Group said on Thursday.

Satellite images from the day of the attack, which also targeted a police station and a market, show traces of fire and smoke over the military base in the town of Djibo, a nearby prison and plumes of smoke over a hospital and a market, with JNIM fighters blocking access to the base after the assault.

Satellite images from the day of the attack, which also targeted a police station and a market, show traces of fire and smoke over the military base in the town of Djibo, a nearby prison and plumes of smoke over a hospital and a market, with JNIM fighters blocking access to the base after the assault.

The attack, which, according to earlier reports, also targeted other towns in the country's north, occurred as Burkina Faso's interim president, Ibrahim Traoré, met with Russian President Vladimir Putin in Moscow to discuss increased cooperation with the military government that came to power in 2022.

The attack, which, according to earlier reports, also targeted other towns in the country's north, occurred as Burkina Faso's interim president, Ibrahim Traoré, met with Russian President Vladimir Putin in Moscow to discuss increased cooperation with the military government that came to power in 2022.

The exact number of victims remains unknown, as the government of Burkina Faso has not issued an official statement on the attack on Djibo, before which the head of JNIM in Burkina Faso, Ousmane Dicko, reportedly called on the city's residents to leave the city for their safety in a video message.

The exact number of victims remains unknown, as the government of Burkina Faso has not issued an official statement on the attack on Djibo, before which the head of JNIM in Burkina Faso, Ousmane Dicko, reportedly called on the city's residents to leave the city for their safety in a video message.

The latest attacks come as Human Rights Watch claimed that Burkina Faso's army and pro-government militias killed at least 130 civilians belonging to the Fulani ethnic group, who have been displaced en masse from Banwa province in recent months, near the western town of Solenzo in March.

The latest attacks come as Human Rights Watch claimed that Burkina Faso's army and pro-government militias killed at least 130 civilians belonging to the Fulani ethnic group, who have been displaced en masse from Banwa province in recent months, near the western town of Solenzo in March.

The latest attack, in which hundreds of assailants are said to have been involved, is one of the deadliest in the recent history of the landlocked country of 23 million people, which is one of the worst affected by the security crisis triggered by Islamist groups in the African Sahel region.

The latest attack, in which hundreds of assailants are said to have been involved, is one of the deadliest in the recent history of the landlocked country of 23 million people, which is one of the worst affected by the security crisis triggered by Islamist groups in the African Sahel region.

Burkina Faso: Al-Qaeda Affiliate Claims 200 Soldiers Killed in Major Attack

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