BURKINA Faso's government said for the first time yesterday that it was open to talks with Islamist militants to try to end a growing insurgency, echoing a position taken by authorities in neighbouring Mali. Nearly a decade after militants linked to al Qaeda briefly seized control of northern Mali, governments across West Africa's Sahel region again find themselves struggling to contain the jihadists, leading some to reconsider prior opposition to talks. "If we want to end the security crisis, we will need to find paths and ways to talk with those responsible for terrorist attacks so that we are in…