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Burkina Faso's security forces are killing more civilians. Survivors detailed 1 village's massacre
9 months ago

Burkina Faso's security forces are killing more civilians. Survivors detailed 1 village's massacre

The Independent  

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Burkina Faso’s security forces are killing more civilians. Survivors detailed 1 village’s massacre
9 months ago

Burkina Faso’s security forces are killing more civilians. Survivors detailed 1 village’s massacre

Associated Press  

DAKAR, Senegal — Women slain with babies wrapped against their bodies, lifeless children intertwined together, a 2-month-old face-up on the ground with puppies crawling on his tiny frame. The images the man sent AP and the interviews with the three survivors are rare firsthand accounts amid a stark increase in civilian killings by Burkina Faso’s security forces as the junta …

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Burkina Faso's security forces are killing more civilians. Survivors detailed 1 village's massacre
9 months ago

Burkina Faso's security forces are killing more civilians. Survivors detailed 1 village's massacre

The Independent  

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Burkina Faso’s security forces are killing more civilians. Survivors detailed 1 village’s massacre
9 months ago

Burkina Faso’s security forces are killing more civilians. Survivors detailed 1 village’s massacre

LA Times  

A mural in Ouagadougou, Burkina Faso. Three survivors of an attack in Zaongo, central Burkina Faso, told AP that dozens of people were killed in their village on Nov. 5 when security forces attacked. The images the man sent AP and the interviews with the three survivors are rare firsthand accounts amid a stark increase in civilian killings by Burkina …

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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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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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Love, determination and risking all to cross the Mediterranean
2 years, 2 months ago

Love, determination and risking all to cross the Mediterranean

Al Jazeera  

Sadia’s journey from Benin to Europe would see her brave a deadly migration route, and be separated from her husband. They feel protected by the others surrounding them and less scared to fall in the water,” said Riccardo Gatti, one of MSF’s search and rescue coordinators onboard the Geo Barents. A few hours after Sadia’s boat had set off, a …

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Burkina Faso court finds mine execs guilty over flood disaster
2 years, 3 months ago

Burkina Faso court finds mine execs guilty over flood disaster

Al Jazeera  

Court finds two executives of Canadian mining firm Trevali guilty of involuntary manslaughter after deadly flooding at the The Perkoa zinc mine. A court in Burkina Faso has found two executives of Canadian mining firm Trevali guilty of involuntary manslaughter following a mine flood disaster in April that killed eight miners. Ditil Moussa Palenfo, country director of Nantou Mining, the …

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Burkina Faso rescuers find no survivors in flooded mine chamber
2 years, 7 months ago

Burkina Faso rescuers find no survivors in flooded mine chamber

Al Jazeera  

Rescue workers have found no survivors in a rescue chamber deep inside a flooded zinc mine in Burkina Faso, the government has said, all but extinguishing hope that eight missing miners could still be alive after a month. The Perkoa mine, owned by Canadian firm Trevali Mining Corp and located about 120km west of the capital Ouagadougou, was abruptly submerged …

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Burkina Faso rescuers find no survivors in flooded mine chamber
2 years, 7 months ago

Burkina Faso rescuers find no survivors in flooded mine chamber

Al Jazeera  

Rescue workers have found no survivors in a rescue chamber deep inside a flooded zinc mine in Burkina Faso, the government has said, all but extinguishing hope that eight missing miners could still be alive after a month. The Perkoa mine, owned by Canadian firm Trevali Mining Corp and located about 120km west of the capital Ouagadougou, was abruptly submerged …

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