March 8 (EUROPA PRESS) –
At least 110 suspected terrorists have died in various air-land operations by the Burkina Faso Army in various regions of the country, according to the AIB agency.
The Burkinabe Armed Forces, which have been carrying out “important air-land operations” for several days, have recovered war materiel and explosive devices.
The leader of the Burkina Faso military junta, Ibrahim Traoré, indicated at the end of February that he maintains “intact” the determination to continue the fight against terrorism “until the final victory”, after the death of dozens of soldiers.
Burkina Faso, ruled by a military junta since the January 2022 coup against then-president Roch Marc Christian Kaboré, has experienced increased insecurity since 2015. The junta is now headed by Ibrahim Traoré, who starred in September a coup that was considered a “palace coup” against the hitherto leader, Paul-Henri Sandaogo Damiba.
The continuous attacks in the country, carried out by both the Al Qaeda affiliate and the Islamic State affiliate in the region, have also contributed to an increase in inter-communal violence and have caused self-defense groups to flourish, to which the Burkinabe government has added to ‘volunteers’.
