Violent attacks by Islamist extremists killed approximately 50 people in
Burkina Faso last week as the country’s security continue to deteriorate. The





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Extremists Kill Dozens In Burkina Faso As Islamist Violence Increases

 

(New York, N.Y.) — Violent attacks by Islamist extremists killed
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approximately 50 people in Burkina Faso last week as the country’s security
continue to deteriorate. The attacks were staged between the rural communes of
Madjoari and Pama, near Benin and Togo. No specific group has claimed
responsibility, but militants connected to al-Qaeda and ISIS have been
responsible for thousands of deaths in the country.

 

Domestic conflict over Burkina Faso’s transition from decades-long military
rule to democracy has been punctuated by the terrorist threat. Last week’s
attack followed a May 22attack
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by jihadists on two villages in Seno province that left at least 11 dead and a
May 21 attack in which militants killed at least five soldiers during a
large-scale attack in the Central-North region. Together, these attacks were
part of a month-long series of raids by suspected jihadists linked to al-Qaeda
and ISIS.

 

A May 2022 Human Rights Watch report
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asserted violent atrocities against civilians were increasing in Burkina Faso,
recording dozens of rapes, killings, and the destruction of villages by
extremists across the country between September 2021 and April 2022. As of
December 2021, more than1.4 million
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people had been displaced inside Burkina Faso, according to the government.

 

In January 2022, the Burkinabe military deposed President Roch Marc Christian
Kaboré following weeks of protests against his government’s handling of the
fight against an Islamist insurgency. Shortly after, the junta in Burkina
Faso—officially named the Patriotic Movement for Preservation and Restoration
(MPSR)—announced
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it had lifted its suspension of the constitution and appointed coup leader
Lieutenant Colonel Paul-Henri Damiba as president. Damiba also called on the
international community to back the country in its fight against al-Qaeda and
ISIS militants.

 

To read the Counter Extremism Project (CEP)’s resource Burkina Faso: Extremism
and Terrorism,please click here
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