Burkina Faso army attack: Al-Qaeda linked group claims responsibility

An armed group linked to Al-Qaeda has claimed responsibility for the killing of more than 100 soldiers in Burkina Faso earlier this week.
The attack took place in Mansila, near the border with Niger.

Gunmen stormed an army base there. The group says its fighters have seized control of it along with vehicles, weapons, and ammunition.
It's one of the deadliest attacks the army has suffered.
The military governments in Burkina Faso, Niger and Mali have all struggled to contain violence in the Sahel region.

Ulf Laessing is Head of the Sahel Program at the Konrad Adenauer Foundation. He says the conflict is fueled by inevitable civilian losses.

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[BestFrenchLessons]

For some reasons they always talk about the loses but never the many victories won. Why? Because it doesn’t suit their interest.
Africa will win the war against any form of imperialism

[Rufai-nd]

Sign of Desperation from France and the USA.

[Stoicgenuis]

Why don’t you ask burkina faso to comment on the issue what does this biased foreigner know about Burkina Faso 🇧🇫 politics

[masterlightjames]

The Americans and French are angry and desperate.

[DerekT-mhbl]

When we told the west not wage war in libya, they didnt listen, now see how the whole region is unstable ! Blame no one else but france and the united states for this mess,

[afrobridge]

This level of lie from a news media I though for a long time to be legitimate is mind-blowing. I am from Burkina Faso, while this may have been true 3 years ago, today things are completely the opposite of what is being said here.

[ExoticLocale]

Had to happen. This is a repeat of ISIL in Iraq. This is what the US does when you kick them out of your country.

[kingsolomon]

Bla bla bla 😂😂😂😂 fake news . Vive Burkina Faso 🇧🇫! Africa for Africans

[DonLionel]

We know it's the French and the Us...we know

[baahrealest]

The burkinabe army has made some significant gains recently but I never saw anything about it on Aljazeera however one successful attack from the terrorist and boom aljazeera is there to report

[africanlastborn]

so what france been doing there all these years?

[ismailambaye]

Al Jazzira stop lying.
The situation has improved although the challenges remains. France was the prb not the solution

[Rounddaclock]

Most comments point to the French but fail to point out the fact that the UAE makes 35 billion a year off African gold. The Arabs also have a stake in destabilizing these nations and setting up extremist Islamic governments that will allow them to tap these resources in the open as opposed to their current methods. Algeria, Mauritania, Chad, Sudan, even some Nigerians and others are working against the interests of Africa. They’ve chosen the interest of Arabs and Islam.

[Godaboveall]

French creation distabilizing saheel region.

[okaforkosiso]

Of the three countries that kicked France out, Burkina faso is the only one that is making great military progress. I respect them from Nigeria.

[puntura]

Now 100% sure They are powered by USA.

[aisonkamaz]

Shame on you guy's, the army is not losing stop this lies.

[MusehanaH]

The US calling up their old friend to help...That is desperate!

[nickforest]

Didn't know on what side this channel was but now I know. So this is what 600 billions dollars propaganda can do. May God have mercy on Africa.

[Rage-]

Why do al Jazeera make force narratives😂.
They are angry 😂lol the France you are fighting for will never come back.
Why mentioning Russia?😂