APA – Ouagadougou (Burkina Faso) – The Dori-Kaya axis has recently been the target of several jihadist attacks, the latest being an ambush on a Senegalese food supply convoy.
On Saturday, April 29, a convoy of Senegalese trucks loaded with 350 tons of goods consisting of millet, sorghum, dried chili, tamarind and beans, returning from the Niger-Burkina Faso border, was attacked at Naré, in the north-central part of Burkina Faso.
According to Moussa Diop, president of the Senegalese Merchants’ Association in the sub-region, armed men believed to belong to jihadist militias “abducted the drivers and apprentices, 19 in all, with the intention of killing them. But they were finally freed in the forest,” said Diop.
He said the captives were refused entry into a town 15 kilometers from the site of the attack and left with nothing to eat.
“We are in a village that lacks everything. There is no place to withdraw or send money,” said one of them.
According to sources, the Naré bridge was blown up by those behind the attack.
Diop said the Senegalese ambassador in Ouagadougou had been contacted to help these Senegalese nationals in distress.
The Dori-Kaya road is regularly attacked by rebels.
On April 10, a convoy of several large trucks and intercity buses was targeted in a raid by the jihadists.
Since 2015, Burkina Faso has been facing a jihadist insurgency that prompted two coups in 2022.
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