<p>Eleven people have been killed in an attack on a gold mine in northern Burkina Faso, two days after a similar raid in the same area, local sources said on Sunday.</p>.<p>"Armed unidentified individuals carried out an attack on the gold mining site of Baliata on Saturday," a resident of the region told <em>AFP</em>.</p>.<p>"At least 11 people were killed by the attackers, who ordered the miners to get out of the area," he said.</p>.<p>"There were about 30 attackers. They arrived by motor scooter. They fired on people indiscriminately," another local told <em>AFP</em>.</p>.<p>He said "a dozen" people had been killed. "There were people wounded too. They were taken to Gorom-Gorom town for treatment."</p>.<p>Baliata is located on the road linking Gorom-Gorom to Dori, capital of the country's Sahel region.</p>.<p>Last Thursday, at least 10 miners died in an attack on an illegal gold mine in Tondobi, between Dori and the border with Niger. The attackers were suspected jihadists, a security source said.</p>.<p>Despite a ban on unofficial gold mining, which regularly triggers fatal landslides, the authorities in Burkina struggle to control sites that provide work for an estimated 1.2 million people.</p>.<p>An accidental dynamite explosion at an illegal gold mine in the southwest of the country left more than 60 people dead in February.</p>.<p>Legal mining produces about 70 tonnes of gold a year, making it Burkina's biggest export, and generates 50,000 jobs, according to official figures.</p>.<p>The mining ministry says unauthorised mines produce 10 tonnes of gold a year.</p>.<p>Like neighbouring Mali and Niger, Burkina has been battling a jihadist insurgency since 2015. The violence has killed more than 2,000 people and displaced 1.7 million in Burkina, according to an AFP tally.</p>.<p>Islamist combatants affiliated to Al-Qaeda and the Islamic State group operate mainly in the north and east of Burkina, targeting civilians and troops.</p>.<p>A junta seized power in Ouagadougou on January 24 and has made tackling the insurgency a priority. Ousted president Roch Marc Christian Kabore was unable to contain the insurgency.</p>.<p><strong>Watch the latest DH Videos here:</strong></p>
<p>Eleven people have been killed in an attack on a gold mine in northern Burkina Faso, two days after a similar raid in the same area, local sources said on Sunday.</p>.<p>"Armed unidentified individuals carried out an attack on the gold mining site of Baliata on Saturday," a resident of the region told <em>AFP</em>.</p>.<p>"At least 11 people were killed by the attackers, who ordered the miners to get out of the area," he said.</p>.<p>"There were about 30 attackers. They arrived by motor scooter. They fired on people indiscriminately," another local told <em>AFP</em>.</p>.<p>He said "a dozen" people had been killed. "There were people wounded too. They were taken to Gorom-Gorom town for treatment."</p>.<p>Baliata is located on the road linking Gorom-Gorom to Dori, capital of the country's Sahel region.</p>.<p>Last Thursday, at least 10 miners died in an attack on an illegal gold mine in Tondobi, between Dori and the border with Niger. The attackers were suspected jihadists, a security source said.</p>.<p>Despite a ban on unofficial gold mining, which regularly triggers fatal landslides, the authorities in Burkina struggle to control sites that provide work for an estimated 1.2 million people.</p>.<p>An accidental dynamite explosion at an illegal gold mine in the southwest of the country left more than 60 people dead in February.</p>.<p>Legal mining produces about 70 tonnes of gold a year, making it Burkina's biggest export, and generates 50,000 jobs, according to official figures.</p>.<p>The mining ministry says unauthorised mines produce 10 tonnes of gold a year.</p>.<p>Like neighbouring Mali and Niger, Burkina has been battling a jihadist insurgency since 2015. The violence has killed more than 2,000 people and displaced 1.7 million in Burkina, according to an AFP tally.</p>.<p>Islamist combatants affiliated to Al-Qaeda and the Islamic State group operate mainly in the north and east of Burkina, targeting civilians and troops.</p>.<p>A junta seized power in Ouagadougou on January 24 and has made tackling the insurgency a priority. Ousted president Roch Marc Christian Kabore was unable to contain the insurgency.</p>.<p><strong>Watch the latest DH Videos here:</strong></p>