Burkina Faso: Hostage situation ongoing as gunmen storm Ouagadougou hotel OUAGADOUGOU, Burkina Faso (AP) The latest developments in the assault of a hotel by al-Qaida-linked gunmen in Burkina Faso"s capital. All times are local:4:40 p.m.Burkina Faso"s Minister of Security and Internal Affairs Simon Compaore says that the two foreigners kidnapped in the country"s north are Australian, not Austrian as the...
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Showing posts with label Burkina Faso. Show all posts
Saturday, January 16, 2016
At Least 20 Dead After Al Qaeda Affiliate Attacks Hotel In Burkina Faso
Al Qaeda toma rehenes en un hotel de Burkina Faso para "vengarse de Occidente"OUAGADOUGOU, Jan 16 (Reuters) - At least 20 people died and others were taken hostage when Islamist gunmen stormed a hotel in the capital city of Burkina Faso on Friday, a hospital director said, an attack for which al Qaeda in the Islamic Maghreb (AQIM) claimed responsibility.Security forces began an assault to reclaim the Splendid Hotel in the...
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