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Armed groups with links to ISIL, al-Qaeda terrorising Burkina Faso: HRW
3 months, 1 week ago

Armed groups with links to ISIL, al-Qaeda terrorising Burkina Faso: HRW

Al Jazeera  

Groups with links to al-Qaeda and ISIL are accused of ‘massacring villagers, displaced people, and Christian worshippers’. Armed groups with links to al-Qaeda and ISIL have escalated attacks on civilians in Burkina Faso, Human Rights Watch has said in a report. Publishing the report on Wednesday, the NGO documented the killing of at least 128 civilians in seven attacks by …

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Nearly 200 people dead: What’s behind armed attacks in Burkina Faso?
3 months, 4 weeks ago

Nearly 200 people dead: What’s behind armed attacks in Burkina Faso?

Al Jazeera  

With half the country not under government control, al-Qaeda affiliate JNIM is increasingly targeting civilians. Here’s what you need to know about the attacks in Burkina Faso, JNIM, and how the ruling military government has fared in fighting the group. JNIM is one of several armed groups operating in Burkina Faso and across the Sahel aiming to establish an Islamic …

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Up to 200 people killed in attack in central Burkina Faso
4 months ago

Up to 200 people killed in attack in central Burkina Faso

Al Jazeera  

An armed group linked to al-Qaeda, Jama’at Nusrat al-Islam wal-Muslimin, has claimed responsibility for what it says was an attack that killed up to 200 people and injured at least 140 in central Burkina Faso. Haque noted that the Burkina Faso army knew on Friday that an attack was going to happen and called on the population to dig trenches. …

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Al-Qaeda affiliate claims responsibility for June attack in Burkina Faso
6 months, 1 week ago

Al-Qaeda affiliate claims responsibility for June attack in Burkina Faso

Al Jazeera  

The attack on June 11 was one of the deadliest suffered by the West African nation’s army. An armed group linked to al-Qaeda, Jama’at Nusrat al-Islam wal-Muslimin, has claimed responsibility for what it said was an attack on June 11 that killed more than 100 Burkina Faso soldiers in the Mansila area near the border with Niger, the SITE Intelligence …

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How Burkina Faso became the epicentre of conflict in the Sahel
2 years, 9 months ago

How Burkina Faso became the epicentre of conflict in the Sahel

Al Jazeera  

Casualties in the West African state are eclipsing those in its neighbour Mali, the birthplace of the conflict. Power grab Experts say Burkina Faso has also become the epicentre of the conflict because armed groups are seeking to control the country’s gold mines and regional economic trade routes connecting other landlocked Sahel countries to the West African coast. “As for …

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‘Impossible’ to rescue: How three foreigners died in Burkina Faso
3 years ago

‘Impossible’ to rescue: How three foreigners died in Burkina Faso

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We investigate how a project to protect forests ended tragically with the killing of two Spanish journalists and an Irish campaigner. It was the first international donor-funded project in the country focused on creating a mixed anti-poaching unit combining the army’s capabilities with the expertise of the park rangers and “eco guards”, privately trained forest security. According to a call …

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