In Burkina Faso, the frenzied spiral of violence

Last weekend was an illustration of the infernal spiral of violence in Burkina Faso.

On Saturday alone, a dozen villagers were killed, and at least eight Volunteers for the Defense of the Homeland (VDP), these civilian army auxiliaries, in Guessel in the Sahel region, in the far north of the country. .

The balance sheet has become as banal as the circumstances.

Deprived of supplies, the inhabitants simply tried to pick mangoes in the bush.

The same day, in the same region, in Salmossi, five other VDPs and a civilian lost their lives.

The next day, in the south of the country this time, near Togo which suffered its first jihadist attack on May 10, a convoy of civilians, escorted by the VDPs, suffered an attack.

Fifteen passengers and three VDPs died.

Each time, the jihadist militias are responsible.

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