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'They even murder children': Burkinabes caught in conflict crossfire

Abdoulaye D, 79, fled his home region of Bobo-Dioulasso after armed men killed his two sons. © Issouf SANOGO / AFP

Ouangolodougou (AFP) – In northern Cote d'Ivoire, thousands of refugees from neighbouring Burkina Faso have fled two threats – jihadist attacks, and massacres committed by army-backed militiamen who target the Fulani community.

A year ago, the night that gunmen showed up at Ami G's village near Titao, in northern Burkina Faso, she and her six children left everything behind and fled on foot, walking for several days.

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