Roadside bomb kills children on bus in Burkina Faso

Fourteen civilians, including many schoolchildren, died Saturday when a roadside bomb blew up their bus in northwestern Burkina Faso, a security source told AFP.

Four people were seriously hurt in the blast in Sourou province near the Mali border, the source added, as children returned to school after holidays.

"The vehicle hit a homemade bomb on the Toeni-Tougan road," a second security source said. "Most of the dead are schoolchildren."