Militants freed about 60 inmates – the entire prison population – during an overnight attack on a jail in north-west Burkina Faso.
The armed men entered the town of Nouna around midnight aboard 4×4 vehicles and motorbikes, brandishing Kalashnikovs and heavy machine guns.
They ransacked offices and set fire to prison vehicles before making their escape.
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The raid came after militants killed at least 12 people in northern Burkina Faso, most of them members of a volunteer militia.
The country is battling a jihadist insurgency that’s been spreading across the Sahel over the past decade.
A military government seized power in January and ousted President Roch Kaboré, blaming him for failing to tackle the jihadist insurgency.
SOURCE: BBCNEWS
