WASHINGTON, Feb 20 (KUNA) -- The US designated Ansarul Islam, based in Burkina Faso, as a global terrorist group, a State Department release announced Tuesday.
Ansarul Islam launched several attacks near the border with Mali including a December 2016 attack against an army squad that killed a dozen soldiers.
The group also conducted a strike February 2017 on two police stations in Burkina Faso and is believed to be behind a March 2017 murder of a school director and another man.
"This designation seeks to deny Ansarul Islam the resources it needs to plan and carry out further terrorist attacks," the statement said. "Among other consequences, all of its property and interests in property subject to U.S. jurisdiction are blocked, and US persons are generally prohibited from engaging in any transactions with the group," it added. (end) ak.gb