66 Abducted Burkinabe Women, Children Freed From Militants’ Custody
On 13 January, authorities in Burkina Faso confirmed that unknown armed groups abducted more than 50 women and girls on 12 and 13 January while they were searching for food in the country's Sahel region, which is under blockade by jihadist groups. Later, a small number of the detainees were reported to have managed to flee the terrorists.