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Ambulance hits landmine: 6 killed

Ambulance hits landmine: 6 killed

A pregnant woman and five other people died when an ambulance carrying them hit a land mine in northern Burkina Faso, in an area that has come under repeated militant attacks, the government said. The ambulance was carrying the woman, her husband, a girl and two other women between the towns of Gaskindé and Namissiguia, near Burkina Faso's border with Mali on Tuesday, the government said. No group immediately claimed responsibility for laying the land mine. Attacks in Burkina Faso by fighters linked to Al Qaeda and Islamic State have risen sharply over the last three years, displacing more than…
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Landmine kills seven Niger electoral officials

Landmine kills seven Niger electoral officials

BOUREIMA BALIMA A vehicle belonging to Niger's electoral commission struck a landmine in the southwest of the country during yesterday's presidential election, killing seven people and seriously wounding three more, a local commission official told Reuters. Harouna Mounkaila, the vice president of the commission's local branch, said the incident took place in the rural commune of Dargol in the Tillabery region. Niger voted yesterday in the second round of a presidential election that is expected to usher in the first democratic transition of power since independence from France in 1960. Ruling party candidate Mohamed Bazoum is the favourite after leading…
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