A sweeping new report by Human Rights Watch has documented the deaths of more than 1,800 civilians in Burkina Faso since 2023, attributing the killings to government forces, their allied militias, and jihadist armed groups alike — describing the situation as crimes against humanity committed by all parties to the conflict. The 120-page report, titled […]
A newly compiled dataset covering Burkina Faso and Mali has delivered a damning verdict on the states own security forces: government troops in both countries are now killing civilians at rates that significantly exceed those of the jihadist insurgencies the forces claim to be fighting. The findings, released in early April 2026, draw on incident-level
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Human Rights Watch has documented the killing of at least 1,837 civilians in Burkina Faso between January 2023 and August 2025 — attributing the deaths to government forces, civilian militias, and jihadist groups alike — in a damning report released Thursday that calls for an International Criminal Court investigation into war crimes and crimes against
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