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More than 1,800 killed by army and jihadists in Burkina Faso since 2023, NGO reports

Displaced people at the Torodi IDP camp in Dori, in the northeast of Burkina Faso, where around 2,000 people threatened by jihadist violence have found precarious refuge, seen in May 2024. AFP - FANNY NOARO-KABRE

Burkina Faso's army, its civilian auxiliaries and jihadist groups have killed more than 1,800 civilians since 2023 in acts that constitute "war crimes and crimes against humanity", Human Rights Watch said in a report published on Thursday.

Burkina Faso's ruling junta, led by Captain Ibrahim Traoré, took power in a September 2022 coup.

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