The attack killed 100 civilians in a raid in the town of Burkina Faso Burkina Faso News

The attack took place at night, targeting residents of the village of Solhan in Yagha province, which borders Niger.

Armed attackers have killed about 100 people in a night attack on a village in northern Burkina Faso.

The attackers struck on Friday night and killed residents of the village of Solhan in the Yagha province on the border with Niger, the government said in a statement on Saturday that the attackers also burned houses and a market.

He described the attackers as terrorists, but did not assume any group.

The government claimed 72 hours of national mourning.

Attacks by fighters linked to al-Qaeda and ISIL (ISIS) groups in the West African Sahel region have increased since the beginning of the year, especially in Burkina Faso, Mali and Niger, instead of inflicting civilians.

The ill-equipped army of Burkina Faso has fought to sustain the spread of violence.

Last year, the government enlisted the help of volunteer militiamen to help the army, but the rebels who attack them and the communities that support them have suffered revenge.

Armed groups have encouraged religious and ethnic tensions between the farming and pastoralist communities to encourage recruitment between marginalized communities in Mali, Burkina Faso and Niger.

The escalation of violence in the wider Sahel region has caused one of the world’s worst humanitarian crises, the UN agency said last week.

Violence in Burkina Faso has displaced more than 1.14 million people in just two years, and the poor arid country is taking in 20,000 refugees from neighboring Mali as they seek security against the violence.