Burkina Faso: October 3 attack in Essakane (northeast ...
Event. On Wednesday, October 3, police arrested two of the three armed men who carried out an attack near the Essakane gold mining site (Oudalan province; Sahel region; northeast) earlier in the initial reports suggested the assailants intended to attack the mine and abduct mining workers, the suspects, when confessing to the attack, stated it was criminal in nature and had targeted ...