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Nevin Al Sukari - Sana'a - A child who fled with his parents from attacks of armed militants in the Sahel region watches a woman on a bicycle at a camp for internally displaced people (IDPs) in Kaya, Burkina Faso November 23, 2020. — Reuters file pic
OUAGADOUGOU (Burkina Faso), April 28 — Burkina Faso is investigating killings in two northern villages in February, a government spokesperson said yesterday, dismissing a Human Rights Watch (HRW) report about the Burkinabe army’s alleged execution of 223 people there.
Citing telephone interviews with witnesses, civil society and others, the HRW report on Thursday accused the military of executing residents of Nodin and Soro, including at least 56 children, as part of a campaign against civilians accused of collaborating with jihadist militants.
Government spokesperson Rimtalba Jean Emmanuel Ouedraogo rejected HRW’s allegations as “peremptory” and denied that the ruling junta was unwilling to look into the alleged atrocities.
“The killings in Nodin and Soro have led to the opening of a judicial investigation,” Ouedraogo said in a late evening communique, citing a March 1 statement by a regional prosecutor.
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Violence in the region fuelled by the decade-long fight with Islamist groups linked to Al Qaeda and Islamic State has worsened since respective militaries seized power in Burkina Faso and neighbouring Mali and Niger in a series of coups from 2020 to 2023.
Burkina Faso saw a severe escalation of deadly attacks in 2023, with more than 8,000 people reportedly killed, according to US-based crisis-monitoring group ACLED. — Reuters
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