<p>An unidentified group killed 19 people and wounded 13 in and around the town, Arbinda in northern Burkina Faso on Sunday, the government reports.</p>
<p>Reuters notes that over 150,000 have been forcibly displaced due to Islamist violence and hundreds of people have been killed in the last few months across the Shel region. </p>
<p>In December, the government declared a state of emergency in several northern provinces bordering Mali. This was extended by six months after jihadists attacked civilians in Arbinda’s Soum province.</p>
<p>The government has responded to the latest attack by launching a search operation across the area targeted.</p>
<p>Read more <a href="https://www.reuters.com/article/us-burkina-security/nineteen-killed-in-…">here</a>.</p>
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