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Burkina Faso

Archaeological Map

Country Overview

Targeted Groups
Perpetrators
Alert Status
Genocide Stage(s)
  • Anti-Islamists

  • Government Opponents

  • Fulani Tribe Members

  • Chrisitians 

  • The Group for Support of Muslims (JNIM)

  • The Islamic State in the Greater Sahara (ISGS)

  • Ansar al-Islam

  • Security Forces

  • Vigilante Militias 


Emergency
Stage 9: Extermination

Details

Since 2016, three armed Islamist groups, the Group for Support of Muslims (JNIM), the Islamic State in the Greater Sahara (ISGS), and Ansarul Islam, have reigned terror upon civilians in Burkina Faso. The violent insurgency has destabilized the country and produced one of the most alarming humanitarian crises on the continent. Since the insurgency began, civilian deaths have risen astronomically, up more than 650%. In the past 18 months alone, militants have killed more than 2,000 civilians, forced the internal displacement of 920,000 people, and necessitated humanitarian assistance for more than two million Burkinabés.

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Resources

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Page last updated:
10/20/2022
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