An armed group in Burkina Faso attacked a cattle market and a humanitarian convoy, killing at least 35 people, the government said on Sunday.
Twenty-five people were killed and more wounded in the attack on the market in the eastern village of Kompienga, while five civilians and five military police were killed near the northern village of Foube, the government said in a statement.Armed groups "targeted a humanitarian convoy returning from Foube after delivering supplies", it said.
The bloodshed follows the death of at least 15 people on Friday in an attack on a convoy transporting traders in northern Burkina Faso.
In the past five years, more than 900 people have been killed by armed groups, while some 860,000 people have fled their homes.
Unrest in Burkina Faso, Mali and Niger killed approximately 4 000 people last year, according to UN figures.
