Families of Burkina Faso civilians killed in a massacre have accused the army of exposing them to their jihadist killers by making them leave their village to dig a trench. Armed men carried out the attack in the village of Barsalogho in north-central Burkina Faso on Saturday, killing dozens of civilians and security personnel, local sources said. A group linked to Al-Qaeda, known by its Arabic initials JNIM, claimed responsibility and said it had seized control of a local militia headquarters. As Burkina victims’ families criticize army over jihadist massacre, FRANCE 24’s François Picard is joined by Ulf Laessing, Director of Regional Sahel Programme at the Konrad Adenauer Foundation.
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