Eight soldiers were killed on Wednesday by a blast in the troubled north of Burkina Faso, President Roch Marc Christian Kabore announced.

“I have just learned that eight Burkinabe soldiers died after their vehicle drove over a home-made mine planted by the enemies of our people,” he said.

The convoy had been heading from Baraboule in Soum province, where terrorists have carried out a string of attacks since 2015, to the town of Djibo.

“The lead vehicle in the convoy hit the mine” as it was coming off a bridge, a security source told AFP.

Source: AFP