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Infographics: Mapping Areas Under Jihadist Control In Burkina Faso
On January 24, 2022, the military in Burkina Faso seized power and overthrew President Roch Kaboré on grounds of the deteriorating security situation in the country. In the televised address, the military cited Kaboré’s inability to unite the West African nation and effectively respond to Islamist insurgency and other brewing conflicts that have burdened the…
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Eleven Soldiers Dead In Attack On Army Base In Burkina Faso
Authorities have reported an attack on a military base in eastern Burkina Faso that claimed the lives of seven soldiers, leaving over 12 others injured. According to a statement by the army, a counter-attack successfully neutralized 15 attackers trying to flee after the attack in Madjoari in Kompienga province on Thursday, while the injured soldiers…
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Fact Check: What is Happening In Burkina Faso?
On Sunday, January 23, 2021, heavy gunfire was heard near President Roch Marc Christian Kabore’s residence in Burkina Faso’s capital, Ouagadougou. Hours later, reports confirmed that mutinying soldiers had successfully detained the president at a military camp in the nation’s capital. State news shared that soldiers first took control of the Lamizana Sangoule military barracks…
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Christmas Eve: 41 Killed By Armed Groups in Burkina Faso
The government has announced the gruesome killing of 41 people by armed groups in Burkina Faso’s troubled north. In a statement released late on Saturday, the government said the dead includes members of a government-backed civilian self-defence force known as the Volunteers for the Defence of the Motherland (VDP), set up to support the army.…
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49 Paramilitary Police Killed In Attack On Burkina Faso Defence Outpost
At least 49 gendarmes and 4 civilians have been killed in a brutal attack by gunmen at the tri-border region in Burkina Faso. News of the attack comes two days after another assault was reported in the area near Niger and Mali, in which seven police officers were killed. Security Minister Maxime Kone told state…
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11 Police Officers On Relief Mission Killed In Burkina Faso
The government of Burkina Faso has condemned the attack of a police unit in the country’s conflict-hit north that has left at least 11 officers dead, with four others missing. In a statement released on Tuesday, Security Minister Ousseini Compaore said the officers were attacked while on a relief mission to Yirgou, a town that…