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Critics of Burkina Faso junta recall days of torture by military after conscription

July 3, 2024 admin

Arouna Loure, a vocal critic of Burkina Faso’s ruling military junta, received a conscription order on September 7 last year requesting that the anaesthesiologist start a month of military service four days later. The order did not specify a date or location for the doctor to report for duty. Days later, on September 13, two…

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Burkina Faso, Mali and Niger finalise regional alliance project

May 18, 2024 admin

Meeting of Foreign Ministers of the Alliance of Sahel States | Photo Credit: X@BakaryYaou Junta-run Burkina Faso, Mali and Niger have finalised plans to form a confederation after turning their backs on former colonial ruler France to seek closer ties with Russia. Their Foreign Ministers met Friday in Niger’s capital Niamey to agree on a…

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Burkina Faso Suspends BBC and Voice of America after covering report on mass killings

April 26, 2024 admin

File picture of mural in Ouagadougou, Burkina Faso. | Photo Credit: AP Burkina Faso suspended the British Broadcasting Corporation (BBC) and Voice of America (VOA) 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…

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

April 25, 2024 admin

File picture of a mural in Ouagadougou, Burkina Faso. 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 | Photo Credit: AP Military forces in Burkina Faso killed 223 civilians, including babies and many…

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170 People “Executed’ In Attacks On 3 Villages In Burkina Faso: Report

March 3, 2024 admin

Authorities are yet to release an official death count for the attacks (Representational) Ouagadougou, Burkina Faso: Around 170 people were “executed” in attacks on three villages in northern Burkina Faso a week ago, a regional public prosecutor said Sunday. Aly Benjamin Coulibaly said he received reports of the attacks on the villages of Komsilga, Nodin…

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‘170 people executed’ in attacks on Burkina villages: prosecutor

March 3, 2024 admin

Around 170 people were “executed” in attacks on three villages in northern Burkina Faso a week ago, a regional public prosecutor said on March 3. Aly Benjamin Coulibaly said he received reports of the attacks on the villages of Komsilga, Nodin and Soroe in Yatenga province on February 25, with a provisional toll of “around…

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