Human Rights Watch 89d ago

The Burkinabè military and allied militias, as well as an Al Qaeda-linked armed group, have killed at least 1,800 civilians and forcibly displaced tens of thousands in Burkina Faso since mid-2022, Human Rights Watch said in a report released today. Along with other abuses, these atrocities amount to war crimes and crimes against humanity. Government forces have also carried out ethnic cleansing against the Fulani people. The report, “‘None Can Run Away:’ War Crimes and Crimes Against Humanity in Burkina Faso by All Sides,” documents the devastating impact on civilians of a conflict that has drawn far too little global attention. It exposes numerous atrocities by Burkinabè military forces and allied militias known as the Volunteers for the Defense of the Homeland (VDPs), as well as the Al Qaeda-linked armed group Jama’at Nusrat al‑Islam wa al‑Muslimin (JNIM), since September 2022, when the current military junta seized power. To support our work, please visit: https://hrw.org/donate Human Rights Watch: https://www.hrw.org Subscribe for more: https://bit.ly/2OJePrw