{"id":241406,"date":"2024-10-29T13:40:39","date_gmt":"2024-10-29T13:40:39","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.ghanamma.com\/2024\/10\/29\/burkina-faso-putting-civilians-at-risk-amid-conflict-with-rebels-hrw\/"},"modified":"2024-10-29T13:40:39","modified_gmt":"2024-10-29T13:40:39","slug":"burkina-faso-putting-civilians-at-risk-amid-conflict-with-rebels-hrw","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.ghanamma.com\/2024\/10\/29\/burkina-faso-putting-civilians-at-risk-amid-conflict-with-rebels-hrw\/","title":{"rendered":"Burkina Faso putting civilians at risk amid conflict with rebels: HRW"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><\/p>\n<div>\n<p class=\"article-image\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/cdn.ghanaweb.com\/imagelib\/pics\/915\/91504843.295.jpg\" alt=\"Displaced people wait for help at a village in Dablo area, Burkina Faso\" title=\"Displaced people wait for help at a village in Dablo area, Burkina Faso\" width=\"295\" height=\"183\" \/> <span class=\"image_caption\"><span>Displaced people wait for help at a village in Dablo area, Burkina Faso<\/span><\/span><\/p>\n<\/div>\n<div style=\"-webkit-user-select: none; -webkit-touch-callout: none; -moz-user-select: none; -ms-user-select: none; user-select: none;\">\n<p id=\"article-123\">Burkina Faso should urgently prioritise the protection of civilians amid its ongoing struggle with armed rebels, Human Rights Watch (HRW) has said in a report.<\/p>\n<p>The NGO stated on Tuesday that the government put people at \u201cunnecessary risk\u201d during an armed group attack earlier this year. At least 133 people were killed by the al-Qaeda-linked Jama\u2019at Nusrat al-Islam wal-Muslimin (JNIM) in August.<\/p>\n<p>The incident in the central part of the country was one of this year\u2019s deadliest, as Burkina Faso continues to be ravaged by attacks by armed groups.<\/p>\n<p>Villagers in the Barsalogho commune, 80km (50 miles) from the capital, Ouagadougou, were forced to help security forces dig up trenches to protect security outposts and villages. JNIM fighters then opened fire on them, according to witnesses quoted in the report.<\/p>\n<p>Many villagers, who were not compensated for digging the trenches, were reported to have refused to help, fearing they would be exposed to attacks. However, the report says they were forced by the military, using threats and beatings, to carry out the task.<\/p>\n<p>JNIM, which claimed responsibility for the August 24 attack, said it targeted the villagers because it viewed them as fighters affiliated with the state.<\/p>\n<p>HRW said it confirmed the killings through video analysis and witness accounts, adding that dozens of children were also murdered, and at least 200 more people were injured, calling the attack \u201can evident war crime\u201d.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cThe massacre in Barsalogho is the latest example of atrocities by Islamist armed groups against civilians whom the government has put at unnecessary risk,\u201d said Carine Kaneza Nantulya, HRW\u2019s deputy Africa director. \u201cThe authorities should urgently prioritise the protection of civilians.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>However, Justice Minister Edasso Rodrigue Bayala rejected HRW\u2019s assertions, noting that forced labour is forbidden by law and that accusations that the military forced people to dig the trench \u201care not proven\u201d.<\/p>\n<p>Fighters linked to al-Qaeda and the ISIL (ISIS) group have killed thousands and displaced more than two million people in Burkina Faso, with half of the country outside government control.<\/p>\n<p>The violence resulted in two coups in 2022. However, the military government has struggled to meet its promise to end the violence despite seeking new security partnerships with Russia and neighbouring countries in West Africa.<\/p>\n<p>The government\u2019s reliance on armed civilian groups, known as Volunteers for the Defense of the Homeland, is also putting civilians in danger, Ilaria Allegrozzi, senior Sahel researcher at HRW, told The Associated Press news agency.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Displaced people wait for help at a village in Dablo area, Burkina Faso Burkina Faso should urgently prioritise the protection of civilians amid its ongoing struggle with armed rebels, Human Rights Watch (HRW) has said in a report. 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