The Burkina Faso army said Sunday, that it has killed 32 terrorists in two separate operations in the north of the country days after scores of people were killed in an ambush of a convoy transporting a Canadian mining employees.
24 were killed in the first operation while another eight killed in subsequent operation.
the first operation in Yorsala in Loroum province led to the release of several women held captive by the terrorists as sex slaves.
The second operation on the outskirts of Bourzanga led to the recovery of several cache of arms and ammunition.
Burkina Faso has been struggling to quell a violent uprising by Islamist since 2015 which has claimed hundreds of lives.