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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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‘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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Violence soars in Mali in the year after Russians arrive
1 year, 11 months ago

Violence soars in Mali in the year after Russians arrive

Associated Press  

DAKAR, Senegal — Alou Diallo says he was drinking tea with his family one morning last month when groups of “white soldiers” invaded his village in central Mali, setting fire to houses and gunning down people suspected of being Islamic extremists. “Here in Bamako, I live a life I didn’t choose.” It’s been more than a year since hundreds of …

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Violence soars in Mali in the year after Russian mercenaries arrive
1 year, 11 months ago

Violence soars in Mali in the year after Russian mercenaries arrive

LA Times  

Three Russian mercenaries, right, are pictured in northern Mali in an undated photograph from the French military. “Here in Bamako, I live a life I didn’t choose.” It’s been more than a year since hundreds of fighters from Wagner Group, a shadowy Russian military contractor, began working alongside Mali’s armed forces to try to stem a decadelong insurgency by Islamic …

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