Burkina Faso unrest: Dozens of kidnapped women freed

Security forces successful Burkina Faso person rescued 66 women and children aft they were kidnapped by suspected militant jihadists successful the northbound of the state past week, authorities TV reports.

In an unprecedented wide kidnapping, the victims were seized portion gathering nutrient successful an country deed by an insurgency.

They were recovered connected a autobus astatine a information checkpoint immoderate 200km (125 miles) southbound of wherever they were taken, reports say.

It is not wide if their captors person besides been detained.

On Friday night, authorities TV showed pictures of the children and women, immoderate with babies connected their backs, boarding a autobus astatine an airdrome aft being addressed by a subject officer.

"They person recovered state aft 8 agelong days successful the hands of their kidnappers," the newsman says.

They are present successful the capital, Ouagadougou, wherever they are expected to beryllium questioned to find retired "more astir their abductors, their detention and their convoy", a information root told the AFP quality agency.

The women and children were kidnapped successful 2 groups connected 12 and 13 January successful the territory of Arbinda.

Roads successful and retired of the country person been blocked by militant jihadists. There is terrible hunger arsenic nutrient supplies are limited, and the humanitarian concern is desperate.

Last month, protesters successful Arbinda broke into warehouses to get nutrient and supplies.

Burkina Faso arsenic a full has been deed by a decade-long insurgency that has displaced astir 2 cardinal people.

The subject took powerfulness past January, promising an extremity to attacks. A antithetic radical of officers mounted a 2nd coup successful September implicit a nonaccomplishment to extremity the insurgency but the unit has continued.