Officials in Burkina Faso said on Sunday that four people had been killed in an ambush, including the deputy mayor of the northern town of Djibo.
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The governor of the Sahel region said unidentified armed men ambushed the deputy mayor’s vehicle in the commune of Gaskindé.
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It is the latest in a series of attacks in the north of Burkina Faso, where hundreds of people have been killed in a jihadist revolt.