Dozens of men and young people were killed by the men, dressed in military uniforms, survivors say.
Suspected militants kill at least 24 people, including civilian defence volunteers in area near Togo and Ghana borders, sources and local officials say, adding more than a dozen militants were killed in response.
Violence in Burkina Faso has divided a once peaceful nation and fueled frustration that led to two coups last year.
Military junta in West Africa's landlocked country has set a goal of recapturing 40 percent of the country's territory, which is controlled by local insurgents affiliated with Al Qaeda and Daesh groups.
The impoverished Sahel country is grappling with a seven-year-old campaign by militants linked to Al Qaeda and Daesh.
Some 970,000 children under five in Burkina Faso, Mali and Niger will face severe wasting this year, warns UN children's agency while urging governments to put child nutrition "high on national priority agendas."
The action against the two correspondents of Le Monde and Liberation comes days after the military government of the African country banned the France 24 news channel.
Attaining the goal is at risk even after date was pushed back from 2023 to 2030, Mohamed Ibn Chambas, head of African Union initiative tells UN Security Council.
Attack took place in the country's Centre-North region, a hotbed of violent incidents linked to Al Qaeda and Daesh armed groups.
According to local sources, at least 12 people were killed after armed men attacked the town of Bani in the Sahel region of Burkina Faso.
The attacks mark a further escalation in an insurgency that has beset Burkina Faso, one of the world's poorest and most troubled countries, for more than seven years.
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