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Burkina Faso Prosecutor: Around 170 'Executed' in Village Attacks

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Burkina Faso Prosecutor: Around 170 'Executed' in Village Attacks
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MAR 2024
Image copyright: EKokou via Wikimedia Commons
story last updated MAR 2024

The Spin

Narrative A

Anger at the state's inability to curb the Islamist onslaught played a major role in Pres. Ibrahim Traore's rise to power following two military coups in 2022. However, since he expelled the French military from Burkina Faso and turned to Russia for security backing, the state of security has deteriorated further. While the junta has failed to recapture territory from the jihadists, internal repression is on the rise, and corruption and illicit enrichment are flourishing. Many more people are likely to lose their lives as a result of the regime's increasing despotism.

BBC News

Narrative B

The latest attacks are a grim reminder that Burkina Faso has emerged as the epicenter of Islamist violence in the Sahel region. That the situation has hardly improved since the French withdrawal is not proof of the government's failure but rather underscores the complexity of the security challenges facing the entire region. The population and the government are committed to confronting the Islamists — but without regional and international backing, the prospects of peace and stability returning to Burkina Faso and the Sahel are slim.

BNN

Metaculus Prediction


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