Tolls are deteriorating after an attack on Wednesday in the north of the country. Fourteen Burkinabè soldiers were killed in the middle of the presidential and team election campaign on November 22.
as reported from Ouagadougou,Yaya Boudani
The attack took place between Beldiabe and Tin-Akoff. “The attackers were exaggerating by attacking this unit,” a security source said. According to the same source, the unit of soldiers had left Gorom-Gorom and reunited its base in Tin-Akoff, not far from the Malian border.
As a consequence of this deadly attack, the suspension of the election campaign for several candidates for several days. During a big gathering in front of the people of ZiniaréPresident Kaboré had asked for a minute’s silence in memory of the missing soldiers, even before the official report of the attack. A few minutes later, he announced that his campaign had been suspended for forty-eight hours.
Opposition leader Zéphirin Diabré, Tahirou Barry and Yacouba Isaac Zida’s supporters have since taken similar action. No election campaign for twenty-four to seventy-two hours. This “as a sign of grief and tribute to the 14 fallen soldiers”, specifies the President of the Union for Change Zéphirin Diabré.
Prime Minister Christophe Dabiré said he was deeply saddened by the attack. “Despite adversity and courage, we must bring the electoral process to an end and lead our country’s march towards development,” he added.
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