At least 35 have been killed and another 37 injured, some of them seriously, in a land-mine explosion in Burkina Faso, officials said.
The government in the country's Sahel region announced late on Monday evening that a vehicle driving in a military convoy had hit a land-mine. The victims of the explosion were all civilians, according to a government statement, with many children among the injured.
The group was under military protection on Monday afternoon on its way from the city of Djibo to the capital Ouagadougou to stock up on basic necessities.
The West African country with around 21 million inhabitants has been in a severe humanitarian and political crisis since 2019.
Armed groups, some of which belong to the IS terrorist networks, are active there and in neighbouring Mali and Niger. -- dpa
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