300,000 people have fled the North and East of this country.... one probably doesn't hear much of that.
The second story actually deals with abducting people in Nigeria and then, selling them into slavery in Burkina Faso, not sure who does security in the former French colony... if France feels welcome enough to go in there as they do in Chad, Niger and Mali.
Seventeen killed in multiple attacks in north Burkina Faso
Agence France-Press September 29, 2019
Seventeen people, including a soldier, were killed in weekend attacks in the north of Burkina Faso, security sources said on Sunday.
The country has been caught in a spate of violence generally blamed on a long-running militant insurgencies.
More than 585 people have been killed since early 2015, according.
OUAGADOUGOU: Seventeen people, including a soldier, were killed in weekend attacks in the north of Burkina Faso, security sources said on Sunday.
The country has been caught in a spate of violence generally blamed on a long-running militant insurgencies in the poor, fragile Sahel region.
On Saturday, about 20 men on motorcycles attacked the village of Komsilga in Bam province, killing nine people, security sources said. They also burned shops and two car tyres.
Read more at: https://www.brecorder.com/2019/09/29/524992/seventeen-killed-in-multiple-attacks-in-north-burkina-faso/
The above doesn't seem to mention "Jihadists" but that is who is doing this, at least in part. Still, AFP has a knack for photography.
Per article, 300,000 people have fled the North of the country, so, indeed a crisis.
Katsina: 20 kidnap victims sold into slavery in Burkina Faso On September 30
Katsina Not fewer than 20 kidnap victims in Katsina State were reportedly sold into slavery in Burkina Faso.
Information available to our correspondent revealed that the victims were allegedly kidnapped in Kankara local government area of the state and sold to a woman in Cotonou who in turn sold them to another slave merchant in Burkina Faso.
Recall that the Katsina State government and Governor Aminu Bello Masari initiated a peace dialogue where it visited the hideout of the bandits to parley with them and a swap deal which saw releases of both kidnap victims and the bandits in detention.
Read more at: https://www.vanguardngr.com/2019/09/katsina-20-kidnap-victims-sold-into-slavery-in-burkina-faso/
This AFP story does make it clear, the problem is with "Jihadists", most of it at least and who in modern time, is most likely to use slaves. Right.
Flee or die: The cruel choice in Burkina Faso
26 Sep 2019
A family, who is among the 300,000 internally displaced because of jihadist violence in northern and eastern Burkina Faso, is pictured on September 17, 2019 in the village of Yagma near Ouagadougou. AFP / Issouf Sanogo
Armel Baily & Patrick Fort I AFP
Yagma, Burkina Faso: "We have nothing," says Belen Boureima, a 74-year-old farmer, as his weathered face contemplates the scrap of land in the remote village he and his family must now call home.
"But it's better to be alive here than to stay in Djibo and die."
Djibo, a dusty town in northern Burkina Faso, has become a byword for suffering in this impoverished country's seven-year-old struggle with jihadism.
More than 580 people have been killed since the insurgency spilled over from neighbouring Mali, according to an AFP tally.
Read more at: https://thepeninsulaqatar.com/article/26/09/2019/Flee-or-die-The-cruel-choice-in-Burkina-Faso
The first story might have been polished up a little, it looks like that newspaper comes out of Pakistan!
AFP has some good photography, I'd be curious as to the pictures they don't use!
