<span style="color: #222222;">In the West African country, Burkina Faso, gunmen killed 15 civilians over the weekend, security and local sources said today. On Saturday night, numerous armed individuals attacked the village of Pobe-Mengao and kidnapped several residents, ransacked shops and carried away equipment. </span><br />'' <br />'' <span style="color: #222222;">After the attackers departed, the population started to leave the village to take refuge 25 kilometres away in Djibo, the capital of Soum province.<br />''</span><br />'' <span style="color: #222222;">Soum is one of a swathe of provinces in northern Burkina Faso that have been battling with a four-year-old wave of violence that came from neighbouring Mali.</span><br />