BURKINA FASO CHURCH & MOSQUE ATTACKED!
On 25 February, terror struck religious institutions in Burkina Faso.
Reports say a first attack killed several dozens at 5 a.m. during prayer at a mosque in the eastern village of Natiaboani. A few hours later, 15 Catholic worshippers were reportedly killed during a mass in the northern village of Essakane.
While the newly formed Alliance of Sahel States (AES) is working to strengthen its mutual defence, such attacks continue to impact millions of civilians who live in border zones. Representatives of the three states that formed the AES—Burkina Faso, Mali and Niger—have spoken about the imperialist roots of the violence. They trace the proliferation of paramilitary organisations in Africa’s Sahel region to NATO destabilising Libya in 2011. After Libyan leader Muammar Gaddafi was slain and overthrown, militias reportedly seized Libyan weapons that flooded the Sahel.
