Armed men have killed around 100 people in an attack on a village in the north of Burkina Faso, President Roche Kabore has said.
During the overnight raid on Solhan, homes and the market were also burned, Reuters news agency reports quoting a government statement.
No group has said it was behind the violence. But Islamist attacks are increasingly common in the country, especially in regions bordering Niger and Mali.
In another attack on Friday night, 14 people were reported to have been killed in the village of Tadaryat, about 150km (93 miles) to the north of Solhan.
Last month, 30 people died in an attack in the east of Burkina Faso.
Burkina Faso is facing a deepening security crisis, like many of its neighbours, as armed groups carry out raids and kidnappings across much of the region.
Africa's semi-arid Sahel region has been hit by an insurgency since militants captured large parts of northern Mali in 2012 and 2013.
French forces have been supporting troops from Mali, Chad, Mauritania, Niger and Burkina Faso to fight the militants.
But this week France halted cooperation with Mali over the recent coup there.
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