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.
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.
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. 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. 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 ...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 .
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