Demnach sollen sich bis zu 60 deutsche Soldaten an der EU Military Partnership Mission Niger (EUMPM Niger) beteiligen, die die nigrischen Streitkräfte ausbilden und sie beim Ausbau ihrer Strukturen unterstützen wird. Niger, dessen Präsident Mohamed Bazoum klar prowestlich orientiert ist, soll sich als Anker für den Westen in der Sahelzone erweisen, nachdem Mali eine enge Kooperation mit Russland eingegangen ist und sich auch Burkina Faso von den Mächten Europas ab- und Moskau zuzuwenden beginnt.
Daily Archives: 3. Mai 2023
Amnesty accuses Burkina army of village massacre
Another accused the Burkinabe army of the massacre, saying he saved his life by covering himself with the blood of corpses.
Residents of the nearby town of Ouahigouya also said they saw the battalion pass through towards Karma and return on April 23 before heading to the capital Ouagadougou, Amnesty said.
Burkina Faso authorities under fire after uniformed men massacre 150 villagers
„The army had cordoned off the roads, blocking access, until April 24. It was only after that date that some people were able to return to Karma and the surrounding villages, where the violence had taken place, to identify the victims and help the families bury their loved ones,“ said Diallo.
The CISC published a first communiqué on April 27, stating that 136 bodies had been found in Karma, including „50 women and 21 children, among them babies under 30 days old killed on their mothers’ backs“
‘Barbaric’ attacks leave 44 civilians dead in Burkina Faso
(April 8, 2023)
Forty-four civilians have been killed by “armed terrorist groups” in two villages in north-eastern Burkina Faso, near the Niger border, a regional governor said Saturday.
Burkina’s beleaguered army has recently acquired foreign-made drones, and regularly issues video footage of strikes against purported terrorists and troops described as reconquering and securing lost territory.
Why Russia is cheering on the Burkina Faso coup
(10 October 2022)
Although fairly small in number, it has prompted speculation that there may have been some Russian involvement in the events that saw Captain Ibrahim Traoré seize power in a nation beset by growing jihadist violence. (…)
Sergei Markov, a former Kremlin adviser, has been more forthright in his observations: „Our people helped the new leader [of Burkina Faso].
„Another African country will move from co-operation with France to an alliance with Russia.“
Armed men kill at least 100 in Burkina Faso border zone – security source
(June 13, 2022)
Armed men killed at least 100 civilians in a rural district of northern Burkina Faso close to the border with Niger over the weekend, a security source said.
The attackers targeted men but appeared to spare women and children in Seytenga district on Saturday night, the security source and two other sources said, all speaking on condition of anonymity.
African President Was Ousted Just Weeks After Refusing to Pay Russian Paramilitaries
(Jan 25, 2022)
One of the Burkina Faso president’s final acts in office was refusing to sanction the use of Russian paramilitaries on his soil.
The leader of this week’s successful military coup against him was the very man who tried to pressure him into accepting help from Moscow, sources in the former president’s camp told The Daily Beast.
#Palestinians #Israel : „We do not want bloodshed, we do not want rockets to be fired…” – widow of Khader Adnan speaks after her husband’s death after 87 days on hunger strike in Israeli detention
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Palestinian Hunger Striker’s Death Could Lead to New Wave of Attacks in Israel
dnan was well known in the West Bank because of his activities with Islamic Jihad, his many stretches in prison and his long hunger strikes. In 2012, he almost died during a hunger strike in protest of an extended period of imprisonment without charges. He was released from prison at the last moment, and managed to partially recover.
This time, he went back on a hunger strike in February after being imprisoned again. The Shin Bet said that over the years Adnan used his civil political activities as a cover for his support for the terrorist activities of his organization. He denied these claims and described himself as a political person who was battling the Israeli occupation.