Burkina Faso: 37 killed in attack on Canadian mining convoy

[TomSea]

Burkina Faso: 37 killed in attack on Canadian mining convoy

Thirty-seven civilians were killed and more than 60 wounded when gunmen ambushed a convoy transporting workers of Canadian gold miner Semafo in eastern Burkina Faso, regional authorities said on Wednesday.

The attack is the deadliest in recent years as the military struggles to contain violence that has overrun parts of Burkina Faso, located in West Africa. Semafo tightened security last year following armed incidents near two of its mines in the country.

Semafo said in a statement earlier that the attack on a convoy of five buses with military escort took place on the road to its Boungou mine in the eastern region of Est, about 40km (25 miles) from Boungou, and that there were several fatalities and injuries.

Read more at: https://www.aljazeera.com/news/2019/11/burkina-faso-37-killed-attack-canadian-mining-convoy-191106225055900.html

That's amazing, I'm going to see if the CBC is covering this. I had not heard about this. Big attack.

[thackney]

After last year's incidents, which Semafo said were the work of "armed bandits", the company reinforced its escorts and decided to transport all expatriate employees by helicopter between the Boungou mine and Ouagadougou.

That will limit the news coverage of the attack on buses.

[Fishrrman]

Nothing good comes from any part of Africa, with the exception of Rhodesia and South Africa up until that time "majority rule" took over.