Last week, ten gendarmes were killed in an attack near the Malian border claimed by Jama'at Nasr al-Islam wa al-Muslimin (JNIM), an umbrella group for al Qaeda-linked militants in the Sahara. Security has deteriorated in the West African country as jihadists seek to increase their influence across the poorly policed scrublands of the Sahel region just south of the Sahara Desert.īurkinabe authorities are facing security problems from 'the diffuse, cross-border nature of the terrorist threat', government spokesman Remy Fulgance Dandjinou said following a special meeting of the cabinet. OUAGADOUGOU, Dec 31 (Reuters) - Burkina Faso has declared a state of emergency in several northern provinces, a government spokesman said on Monday, as Islamist groups intensify attacks in areas bordering Mali.
Security has deteriorated as jihadists seek to increase their influence across the poorly policed scrublands of the Sahel region
