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Burkina Faso suspends BBC, VOA radio broadcasts over killings coverage
7 months, 4 weeks ago

Burkina Faso suspends BBC, VOA radio broadcasts over killings coverage

Hindustan Times  

April 26 - Burkina Faso has suspended the radio broadcasts of BBC Africa and the U.S-funded Voice of America for two weeks over their coverage of a Human Rights Watch report accusing the army of extrajudicial killings, authorities said late on Thursday. Burkina Faso suspends BBC, VOA radio broadcasts over killings coverage In the report based on its own investigation, …

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Burkina Faso suspends BBC and Voice of America after they covered a report on mass killings
7 months, 4 weeks ago

Burkina Faso suspends BBC and Voice of America after they covered a report on mass killings

Associated Press  

DAKAR, Senegal — Burkina Faso suspended the BBC and Voice of America radio stations for their coverage of a report by Human Rights Watch on a mass killing of civilians carried out by the country’s armed forces. Burkina Faso’s communication spokesperson, Tonssira Myrian Corine Sanou, said late Thursday that both radio stations would be suspended for two weeks, and warned …

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Burkina Faso suspends BBC, Voice of America for reporting on army killings
7 months, 4 weeks ago

Burkina Faso suspends BBC, Voice of America for reporting on army killings

Al Jazeera  

In a new report, Human Rights Watch said military forces ‘summarily executed’ 223 civilians in February. Burkina Faso has suspended the BBC and Voice of America radio networks from broadcasting for two weeks over their coverage of a report accusing the army of the extrajudicial killings of civilians, the authorities said. In a new report published on Thursday, international organisation …

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Burkina Faso's Army massacred over 200 civilians in a village raid, Human Rights Watch says
7 months, 4 weeks ago

Burkina Faso's Army massacred over 200 civilians in a village raid, Human Rights Watch says

The Hindu  

Military forces in Burkina Faso killed 223 civilians, including babies and many children, in attacks on two villages accused of cooperating with militants, Human Rights Watch said in a report published on Thursday. “The massacres in Nondin and Soro villages are just the latest mass killings of civilians by the Burkina Faso military in their counterinsurgency operations,” Human Rights Watch …

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Burkina Faso’s army executed more than 200 civilians: Rights group
8 months ago

Burkina Faso’s army executed more than 200 civilians: Rights group

Al Jazeera  

Human Rights Watch accuses military of conducting campaigns against civilians accused of links to armed groups. Burkina Faso’s military forces “summarily executed” 223 civilians, including at least 56 children, in two villages in February, Human Rights Watch has said in a new report. The international rights group said the massacre appeared to be part of a widespread military campaign against …

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Burkina Faso Military massacres over 223 civilians, including babies in a hasty raid on two villages
8 months ago

Burkina Faso Military massacres over 223 civilians, including babies in a hasty raid on two villages

India TV News  

Military forces in Burkina Faso killed 223 civilians, including babies and many children, in attacks on two villages accused of cooperating with militants, Human Rights Watch said in a report published on Thursday. “The massacres in Nondin and Soro villages are just the latest mass killings of civilians by the Burkina Faso military in their counterinsurgency operations,” Human Rights Watch …

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Attack on Nigerien forces kills 23 soldiers and underscores continued conflict with militants
9 months ago

Attack on Nigerien forces kills 23 soldiers and underscores continued conflict with militants

Associated Press  

NIAMEY, Niger — A militant attack on Nigerien forces in a border region near Mali and Burkina Faso killed 23 soldiers, the defense ministry said Friday. Niger, along with neighbors Mali and Burkina Faso, is battling jihadi groups linked to al-Qaida and the Islamic State group in a decade-long conflict in the Sahel region that is worsening. Until recently, Niger …

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‘No justification for Gaza carnage’: Nigeria Foreign Minister Yusuf Tuggar
9 months, 2 weeks ago

‘No justification for Gaza carnage’: Nigeria Foreign Minister Yusuf Tuggar

Al Jazeera  

Doha, Qatar — Israel must stop its war on Gaza, and the world needs to drop its “double standards” over the killings in the besieged enclave, Nigeria’s Foreign Minister Yusuf Tuggar told Al Jazeera. Yet Nigeria, with a population of more than 200 million people and Africa’s largest economy, is also eyeing a greater role in regional and global affairs. …

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UN calls for investigation into Burkina Faso 'mass killings'
1 year, 1 month ago

UN calls for investigation into Burkina Faso 'mass killings'

Firstpost  

Burkina Faso’s state prosecutor said Monday that more than 70 people had been killed in an attack on November 5 in the town of Zaongo in the central north of the country and that most of them were children and elderly people The United Nations called Wednesday for an independent investigation into “mass killings” in Burkina Faso this month that …

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Burkina Faso’s military accused of killings, torture in latest Human Rights Watch report
1 year, 5 months ago

Burkina Faso’s military accused of killings, torture in latest Human Rights Watch report

Associated Press  

DAKAR, Senegal — A slew of extrajudicial killings, forced disappearances, and instances of torture by Burkina Faso’s military has terrorized communities in the country’s northeast this year, according to a Human Rights Watch report released Thursday. “In the cases we documented, most of those who have been victims of these crimes were from the Fulani ethnic group,” explained Ilaria Allegrozzi, …

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Survivors of ‘massacre’ in Burkina Faso blame security forces
1 year, 7 months ago

Survivors of ‘massacre’ in Burkina Faso blame security forces

Al Jazeera  

The massacre, which is being blamed on the country’s security forces, took place last week in the northern village of Karma and surrounding areas. Residents and survivors of an alleged massacre in a Burkina Faso village say 136 people, including women and infants, were killed as they blamed security forces for the April 20 attack. I was hiding underneath piles …

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Men in military uniforms kill 60 people in Burkina Faso
1 year, 8 months ago

Men in military uniforms kill 60 people in Burkina Faso

Associated Press  

DAKAR, Senegal — At least 60 people have been killed by men in military uniforms in northern Burkina Faso, authorities said. Burkina Faso’s government recently announced it was opening other investigations into allegations of human rights abuses by its security forces after a video surfaced that appeared to show the extrajudicial killing of seven children in the country’s north. AP’s …

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‘We’ll kill you': Troops film boys’ killings in Burkina Faso
1 year, 8 months ago

‘We’ll kill you': Troops film boys’ killings in Burkina Faso

Associated Press  

OUAGADOUGOU, Burkina Faso — It was a walk 16-year-old Adama had done countless times, feeding the cows not far from his grandmother’s house in northern Burkina Faso. From their uniforms and vehicles, AP also determined troops in the video were members of Burkina Faso’s security forces, which until recently received military training and hardware from the United States and European …

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‘We’ll kill you': Troops film boys’ killings in Burkina Faso
1 year, 8 months ago

‘We’ll kill you': Troops film boys’ killings in Burkina Faso

Associated Press  

OUAGADOUGOU, Burkina Faso — It was a walk 16-year-old Adama had done countless times, feeding the cows not far from his grandmother’s house in northern Burkina Faso. From their uniforms and vehicles, the AP also determined troops in the video were members of Burkina Faso’s security forces, which until recently received military training and hardware from the United States and …

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More than 70 soldiers killed in Burkina Faso, extremists say
1 year, 9 months ago

More than 70 soldiers killed in Burkina Faso, extremists say

Associated Press  

OUAGADOUGOU, Burkina Faso — The Islamic State group has claimed responsibility for killing more than 70 soldiers, wounding dozens and taking five hostage, in an ambush on a military convoy in northern Burkina Faso. The statement, posted Friday by Amaq, the group’s news agency, said it attacked a convoy trying to advance to areas under its control near Deou, in …

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Doctors Without Borders suspends operations in Burkina Faso
1 year, 10 months ago

Doctors Without Borders suspends operations in Burkina Faso

Associated Press  

DAKAR, Senegal — Aid group Doctors Without Borders said Friday it’s suspending non-emergency services in Burkina Faso after gunmen killed two of its staff there. The west African nation has been wracked by violence linked to al-Qaida and the Islamic State group for seven years, which has killed thousands and displaced nearly 2 million people, creating a humanitarian crisis. Doctors …

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Burkina Faso rights group alleges 28 dead in ethnic killings
1 year, 11 months ago

Burkina Faso rights group alleges 28 dead in ethnic killings

Associated Press  

OUAGADOUGOU, Burkina Faso — Volunteer militia groups supporting Burkina Faso’s army have killed dozens of civilians of the ethnic Fulani group, including children, in the troubled country’s west, a local rights group charged on Tuesday. Burkina Faso’s government said it has launched an investigation into the killings of at least 28 people. In a statement Monday, Armel Sama Burkina Faso’s …

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Suspected Jihadists 'Systemically' Slaughter Over 130 People In Western Africa's Mali
2 years, 6 months ago

Suspected Jihadists 'Systemically' Slaughter Over 130 People In Western Africa's Mali

News 18  

Suspected jihadists massacred more than 130 civilians over the weekend in neighbouring central Mali towns, the latest mass killings in the Sahel region. Deteriorating border situation Nearly 600 civilians were killed in Mali in 2021 in violence blamed mainly on jihadists, but also on self-defence militias and armed forces, according to a UN document published in March. The UN has …

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Burkina Faso: How armed conflict cost lives in troubled African nation in 2021
2 years, 11 months ago

Burkina Faso: How armed conflict cost lives in troubled African nation in 2021

Hindustan Times  

Burkina Faso, the landlocked west African nation, reported yet another news of multiple killings with at least 41 people dying in an armed rebel attack in its troubled northern region. The latest atrocity in Burkina Faso occurred when suspected jihadists killed 41 people. June: An estimated 132 lives were lost in northern Burkina Faso on June 5, 2021, when assailants …

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UN ‘outraged’ as death toll in Burkina Faso attack rises to 132
3 years, 6 months ago

UN ‘outraged’ as death toll in Burkina Faso attack rises to 132

Al Jazeera  

Burkina Faso mourns as UN chief calls on countries to redouble efforts to fight ‘violent extremism and its unacceptable human toll’. Gunmen have killed at least 132 people in Burkina Faso’s volatile north, the government said, as the United Nations chief condemned “the heinous attack” and called on countries to step up the fight against “violent extremism”. ‘Unacceptable human toll’ …

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Niger soldiers executed dozens of civilians, probe says
4 years, 3 months ago

Niger soldiers executed dozens of civilians, probe says

India Today  

Soldiers in Niger executed dozens of civilians during the counterinsurgency campaign against jihadists in the country's troubled Tillaberi region earlier this year, a probe into the deaths reported. The national armies of Niger and its neighbours Mali and Burkina Faso have been accused of war crimes in their response operations, including forced disappearances and extrajudicial killings. Jihadist violence resulted in …

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