Attacks on civilians in Burkina Faso claim many lives Around 40 people, many of them civilian volunteers with the army, have been killed in suspected jihadist attacks in northern and eastern Burkina Faso, local sources and security officials said on Monday. In the northern region of Sahel, around 25 people were killed in two assaults on Saturday, including 13 members of the Volunteers for the Defence of the Fatherland (VDP), a leader of the force told AFP. READ ALSO: Child soldiers massacre about 138 people in Burkina Faso  In Kompienga, near Burkina's southeastern...