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At least 43 killed in attack on Burkina Faso villages

A Burkina Faso soldier on patrol near the capital Ouagadougou, April 13, 2018. (AFP)

Unidentified assailants killed at least 43 people in raids on villages in northern Burkina Faso on Sunday, in one of the deadliest such attacks of the past year, the government said.

The attackers struck at least two villages inhabited by Fulani herders in the North region, near the border with Mali, the government said in a statement on Monday.

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