The video by Burkina Faso Massacre seems to imply the state-legged militia, says Watchdog

Dakar, Senegal (AP) video material on social networks of a civilian massacre recently in circulation in Burkina Faso seems to imply the state militia, Human Rights Watch said and asked the authorities to examine and persecute all those responsible.

According to statements that were collected by the watch dog, security forces and allied militias carried out on Monday and Tuesday in the magnetic button on a large scale and aimed at obvious retaliation against the municipality that the government has long accused of supporting Muslimilitants.

“The cruel videos of an obvious massacre by militias in Burkina Faso underline the ubiquitous lack of accountability of these forces,” said Ilaria Allegrozzi, Senior Sahel researcher at Human Rights Watch. “The Burkinabè authorities should take immediate measures to end the militia attacks on civilians by punishing those who are responsible for atrocities as in Magneto.”

Burkina Faso's government refused to comment on the report.

Burkina Faso, an internal nation of 23 million in Sahel, a dry country strip south of the Sahara, has become a symbol of the security crisis in the region in recent years. It was shaken by violence by extremist groups and the fighting forces of the government, with a large part of it spilled across the border with Mali and two subsequent military coups.

The military Junta, who took over power in 2022, could not deliver the promised stability. According to conservative estimates, there are now more than 60% of the country outside state control, more than 2.1 million people have lost their houses and almost 6.5 million need humanitarian aid to survive.

Based on video analyzes, media reports and local sources, most victims of the massacre in Solenzo seem to be ethnic fulani, said The Human Rights Watch on Friday. At least 58 people seem to be dead in the videos, including at least two children.

According to analysts, the strategy of the Junta of military escalation, including the mass recruitment of civilians for poorly trained military units, has tightened tensions between ethnic groups. Data collected by the location and the event data project of the armed conflict show that the militia attacks on civilians have taken power since captain Ibrahim Traore.

According to Human Rights Watch, the armed forces and militias of Burkinabè have committed widespread abuse in the fight against uprising, including illegal murders of Fulani -Zivilists who have been accused of supporting Islamist fighters.

It is impossible to get a precise picture of the situation in the country, since the military leadership has installed a system of de facto scensorship, the rights groups said, and those who dare to express themselves can be openly kidnapped, imprisoned or violently moved into the army.

Monika Pronczuk, the Associated Press