![Australia's Perenti says 19 of its employees killed in Burkina Faso attack]( "Australia's Perenti says 19 of its employees killed in Burkina Faso attack")
Australian mining services provider Perenti Global Ltd said on Friday that 19 of its employees were among the more than three dozen people killed in the ambush of a convoy ferrying hundreds of workers near a Canadian-owned mine in Burkina Faso. Gold miner Semafo Inc said five of its buses with a military escort came under fire on Wednesday on the road to its Boungou mine in the eastern region of Est. Perenti said 20 of its employees were also hospitalised in the attack.
