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The Independent UK
The Independent UK
National
Monika Pronczuk

Video of Burkina Faso massacre appears to implicate government-allied militia, watchdog says

Burkina Faso Militia - (Copyright 2020 The Associated Press. All rights reserved.)

Video footage circulating on social networks of a recent civilian massacre in Burkina Faso appears to implicate government-allied militia, Human Rights Watch said, calling on authorities to investigate and prosecute all those responsible.

According to testimonies collected by the watchdog, security forces and allied militias carried out large-scale operations in the Solenzo countryside on Monday and Tuesday, and targeted displaced Fulani in apparent retaliatory attacks against the community, which the government has long accused of supporting Muslim militants.

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