Burkina Faso: Massacre Shows Need to Protect Civilians

By Human Rights Watch

Click to expand Image Screenshot of a video seemingly filmed by the JNIM showing fighters along the trench during the attack on Barsalogho, Sanmatenga province, Burkina Faso, on August 24, 2024. An Islamist armed group massacred at least 133 people in the town of Barsalogho, Burkina Faso, on August 24, 2024, largely civilians forced to build a trench to protect the town with a military base.The massacre is the latest example of atrocities by Islamist armed groups against civilians whom the government has put at unnecessary risk.Burkina Faso should stop putting civilians at needless…

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