OUAGADOUGOU (AFP) - At least nine civilians have been killed in twin attacks in eastern Burkina Faso, a poor West African country where Islamic militants have been gaining ground in recent months, local authorities said on Saturday (Sept 15). The governorate of the country's eastern region says six people including an imam were killed in one attack on a mosque in the community of Diabiga on Friday. Soldiers examine burnt-out cars outside the Splendid Hotel in Ouagadougou, Burkina Faso, in 2016. Credit:AP

In a separate attack on Friday, three members of a family were shot dead in Kompienga province. President Roch Marc Christian Kabore recently announced that the country would put an end to "destabilization activity" in the east, where extremist attacks have been increasing.
Nine civilians are killed in twin attacks carried out by Islamist militants in eastern Burkina Faso.