Security forces are searching for about 50 women kidnapped by suspected jihadists in insurgency-hit northern Burkina Faso, according to Sahel regional governor Lieutenant-Colonel Rodolphe Sorgho on Monday.
Sorgho said more than 50 women were taken on Thursday and Friday around Arbinda, in an area under blockade by jihadist groups and dependent on food supplies from outside.
Several women managed to escape and return to their villages to raise the alarm.
