A vehicle heading to the nation's capital hit an improvised explosive device, killing at least 35 people and wounding another 37, the military government said.
Members of civilian auxiliary force VDF killed over the weekend in separate attacks in Burkina Faso as the country battles an insurgency that has spread from neighbouring Mali over the past decade.
Some towns weren’t able to conduct voting at all, including Bartiebougou and Tin Akoff, where 14 soldiers were killed in an ambush by Daesh earlier this month.
No one claimed responsibility for the attack in the commune of Fada N'Gourma, around where the army is carrying out a search operation.
MIlitants surrounded people at Silgadji village market, before separating them into two groups, on Saturday and were still in the area on Monday, a resident in nearby Bourzanga town said, citing accounts from those who had fled.
Burkina Faso, bordering Mali and Niger, has seen regular militant attacks which have left hundreds dead since the start of 2015 when militant violence began to spread across the Sahel region.
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