Around 20 dead in Burkina Faso as jihadist violence spreads across region

Deadly assault on gold mine follows spate of violence in region south of Sahara blamed on Islamist insurgency Around 20 people have been killed in an attack on a gold mining site in northern Burkina Faso, security sources said, the latest in a spate of violence blamed on a jihadist insurgency across the region. The attack on Friday took place in Soum province not far from where alleged jihadists blew up a bridge linking two northern towns in mid-September