Burkinabe convicts are on the loose after a gang ransacked a jail.
In northern Burkina Faso, militants killed at least 12 persons, the majority of whom were members of a volunteer militia.
Boakyewaa Lawrencia 
During a nighttime attack on a jail in northwestern Burkina Faso, militants liberated roughly 60 convicts or the entire prison population.
Armed men in 4x4 cars and motorcycles entered the town of Nouna about midnight, carrying Kalashnikovs and heavy machine guns.
Before fleeing, they ransacked offices and set fire to jail cars.
In northern Burkina Faso, militants killed at least 12 persons, the majority of whom were members of a volunteer militia.
Over the last decade, the government has been fighting a jihadist insurgency that has extended across the Sahel.
In January, a military administration took power and deposed President Roch Kaboré, accusing him of failing to combat the terrorist insurgency.
