Burkina Faso says its soldiers rescued 62 women and four babies abducted by suspected militants when they foraged for food outside their village in northern Arbinda area
Army"operation" leads to release of sixty-six women and children kidnapped by armed assailants in northern region last week, state media and government says.
Militants have seized swathes of territory across West Africa's Sahel region over the past decade and continue to gain ground. Soldiers have rescued a group of 62 women and four babies abducted by suspected militants last week in northern Burkina Faso, state television and a security source said.channel, referring to an army "operation", showed images of the women freed on Friday and brought to the capital Ouagadougou.
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