Between Wednesday and Thursday night, the incident took place. One of the main thoroughfares between the nation’s capital and the north was the road that connected the towns of Kaya and Dori, where the bridge was located. Jihadists who terrorize civilians and obstruct access to vital axes are being fought in Burkina.
Long bus and automobile lineups have formed in Burkina Faso’s capital. Those who want to get to Ouagadougou or cross the Nare bridge are stranded for several hours. Gunmen destroyed a bridge on the road connecting the towns of Kaya and Dori, one of the main roads between the capital and the north of the country, during the night of Wednesday into Thursday.
Minibus drivers like Moumini Sawadogo describe the situation as a nightmare: “For those who wished to leave Ouagadougou, Kaya, other areas of the nation, to reach Dori, in order to work, for them everything has halted. Even products cannot move around. Some individuals came here from Dori to buy products to sell, but that has also come to an end for them. Due to the bridge, access to Dori is not possible. Due to the bridge, it is not feasible to get to Dori as we have learned that it was demolished by unidentified armed individuals.
A security source confirmed that a bridge on the road that connects the towns of Kaya and Dori was hit by the explosion on Thursday and that forces had been sent to the area. It happens as Burkina Faso fights a violent jihadist insurgency in which terrorists have terrorized citizens and cut off access to many axes and towns in the north and east of the nation. The country’s mediator from West Africa earlier this month claimed that barely 60% of Burkina Faso is under Burkinabe control.
