Burkina Faso: Islamist Armed Groups Terrorize Civilians
WEBSep 18, 2024 · From May to July, Human Rights Watch interviewed 37 people, including 31 witnesses to attacks on civilians. Human Rights Watch wrote to the Burkina Faso justice minister on June 26 and the country ...
Burkina Faso's army massacred over 200 civilians in a village raid ...
WEBApr 25, 2024 · Human Rights Watch says military forces in Burkina Faso killed 223 civilians, including babies and many children, in attacks on two villages accused of cooperating with militants.
Jihadists step up attacks on Burkina Faso civilians - rights group
WEBSep 18, 2024 · Islamist insurgents in Burkina Faso have stepped up attacks on civilians, carrying out door-to-door killings, slitting throats and targeting Christian worshippers, a report by campaign group...
Burkina Faso Accused of Massacring Civilians - The New York Times
WEBMay 11, 2024 · Islamist militants have killed more civilians in Burkina Faso than the military or militias have by far. They have also killed scores of soldiers and cut access to food convoys and...
Burkina Faso's security forces are killing more civilians. Survivors ...
WEBMar 22, 2024 · An increased Burkina Faso presence would bring fear of even more civilian deaths. The United States said it has cut and suspended assistance to Burkina Faso’s military but still supplies nonlethal equipment to civilian security forces such …
Nearly 200 people dead: What’s behind armed attacks in Burkina Faso ...
WEBAug 26, 2024 · Around 200 people have been killed and 140 injured in the Burkinabe town of Barsalogho, the latest in a long line of deadly attacks by an al-Qaeda-linked armed group, Jama’at Nusrat al-Islam...
Burkina Faso junta speaks of coup plot after criticism over jihadi ...
WEB1 day ago · DAKAR, Sept 24 (Reuters) - Burkina Faso's junta said it had uncovered an international plot to overthrow it and which included the massacre in August of hundreds of civilians by Islamist insurgents.
Burkina Faso authorities say 70 people, mostly children and …
WEBNov 13, 2023 · OUAGADOUGOU, Burkina Faso (AP) — Assailants in northern Burkina Faso killed about 70 people, most of them children and the elderly, in a village massacre earlier this month that remains under investigation, authorities said Monday.
Burkina Faso army massacred 223 villagers in revenge attack, says HRW - BBC
WEBApr 26, 2024 · More than 220 civilians, including at least 56 children, were massacred by Burkina Faso's military in a single day this year, Human Rights Watch says. In the attacks on 25 February, the...
Burkina Faso: Army Massacres 223 Villagers - Human Rights Watch
WEBApr 25, 2024 · (Nairobi) – The Burkina Faso military summarily executed at least 223 civilians, including at least 56 children, in two villages on February 25, 2024, Human Rights Watch said today.
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