OUAGADOUGOU (Reuters) - Burkina Faso's army said on Wednesday that it accidentally killed civilians during a counter-terrorist operation in the ccuntry's southeast earlier this week.
The West African country has been battling an insurgency by Islamist militant groups, some linked to al Qaeda and Islamic State, which control large swathes of territory and wage frequent attacks.
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