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Burkina Faso: Armed Islamists Attack Education
HRW, 25 May 2020
Increasing armed Islamist group attacks on teachers, students, and schools in Burkina Faso since 2017 have had a devastating impact on children's access to education, Human Rights… Read more »
Armed Islamists Wage Violent Campaign Against Burkinabe Education
Education has been disrupted by the violence perpetrated by armed Islamist groups in Burkina Faso - and, in response, by self-defense militias and government security forces - since the emergence of the Burkinabè armed Islamist group Ansaroul Islam in 2016. A surge in attacks in 2019 continued into 2020, displacing over 830,000 people from their homes.
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26 May 2020
Burkina Faso: Armed Islamists Attack Education
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A Human Rights Watch report documents scores of education-related attacks by armed Islamist groups in six of the country's 13 regions between 2017 and ... see more »
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