The government had already announced plans to recruit 5,000 more soldiers to fight the insurgency that has raged in the country since 2015. Burkina’s transitional president, Captain Ibrahim Traoré, has declared a goal of recapturing 40 percent of the country’s territory controlled by the jihadists. According to non-governmental aid groups, more than 10,000 people have […]
The interim government said on Monday that armed attackers killed at least 22 civilians and three police officers during an attack in northern Burkina Faso on Saturday. The attack took place on Saturday afternoon in the northern province of Seno in the West African country, which has become a hotbed of jihadist activity since 2015. […]
CISC said it is continuing to collect information and is seeking an independent and impartial judicial inquiry. The CISC said that alleged extrajudicial killings of people have been reported in several areas of Burkina. A volunteer group supporting the army has been accused of killing 28 people in the country’s northwest on New Year’s Eve. […]
