Mali's President said yesterday he could let Burkina Faso forces pursue militants fighters when they flee across the border into his country, days after militants massacred 12 Burkinabe soldiers.
Around 40 fighters attacked a base some 30km from the Burkina-Mali border on Friday in what local authorities called the biggest ever militant attack on the army. It was the second direct strike against the Burkina army since militants surfaced in the country in early 2015, mostly staging attacks in the north near the borders of Mali and Niger.
Malian President Ibrahim Boubacar Keïta stopped off in Ouagadougou on his way home from a summit in Nigeria to show his support for Burkina Faso after attack.
