Burkina Faso

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Burkina Faso: Air force bombs insurgents positions in Boungou

Location:
Boungou, Burkina Faso, Sahel
Incident Date: February 3, 2024
Instability Rating Max 5.0: 4.00
Fatalities type:
  • Insurgent
Summary: 4.Burkina air force bombed suspected terrorist bases in the Eastern and Sahel regions on Saturday, February 3, 2024, as reported by the Burkina Information Agency (AIB). According to AIB, the combat forces successfully repelled an attack by a large number of terrorists from the Boungou locality, located a few kilometers from Tawori in the Eastern region, before reducing them to ashes with air support. In [...]

Burkina Faso: Protests over insecurity in NW Burkina

Location:
Ouahigouya, Burkina Faso, Sahel
Incident Date: January 29, 2024
Instability Rating Max 5.0: 1.50
Summary: Thousands of people demonstrated in the streets of Ouahigouya on Monday, January 29, 2024 to ask for more security in the region. Some demonstrators went to the premises of RTB 2 tv station to hold its leaders to account. In the process, they burned tires and ransacked the premises. The demonstrators would justify these acts by the fact that national television was not on site [...]