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Burkina Faso: Dozens Killed in Attack On Mosque
allAfrica, 27 February 2024
Dozens of Muslims were killed in a rural community in Burkina Faso on Sunday, the same day a deadly attack on a church left 15 people dead, Al Jazeera has reported. Read more »
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Burkina Faso: Gunmen Killed 15 in Deadly Church Attack
allAfrica, 23 February 2024
At least 15 people were killed on Sunday in an attack by gunmen on a church in Burkina Faso's north-eastern town of Essakane, the BBC has reported. Read more »
Dozens Killed in Burkina Faso Mosque, Church Attacks
Dozens of Muslims were shot at the weekend as they gathered for the traditional early morning Islamic prayer - the same day an attack on a church in another part of the country killed 15 worshippers. Much of Burkina Faso is outside the control of the government, as militia groups have been accused of killing thousands of civilians and causing the displacement of millions more.
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Armed violence in Burkina Faso has internally displaced a record one million people in the country over the past year and a half, exacerbated by the Covid-19 pandemic and crop ... Read more »
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Since Burkina Faso began its war against armed groups linked to Islamic State, Al-Qaeda and local bandits seven years ago, at least 400 citizens have been arrested on suspicion of ... Read more »
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UN Secretary-General António Guterres has strongly condemned an attack in Burkina Faso that left dozens of civilians dead and displaced scores more. Armed men ... Read more »
Burkinabe soldiers practice at a U.S.-led counterterrorism exercise (file photo)
