At least 100 militants have been killed in the past two weeks following a joint military offensive by soldiers from Burkina Faso and Niger, a statement from the Burkinabe army says.
Twenty suspects were also arrested and a significant amount of weapons was seized during the operation. The statement added that at least 14 soldiers were killed during the operation.
The two countries have been facing growing security challenges mostly driven by Islamist militants allied to al-Qaeda and the Islamic State group operating in the Sahel.
In Burkina Faso, the government has been under intense public pressure to deal with the growing insecurity.
Last week, Burkina Faso President Roch Marc Christian Kabore sacked Prime Minister Christophe Joseph Dabiré and nominated Lassina Zerbo in what analysts said was an attempt to show a change of tactic in dealing with insecurity in the country.
Source:Fiilafmonline/BBC
