'We’ll kill you': Troops film boys' killings in Burkina Faso
A mural is seen in Ouagadougou, Burkina Faso, Wednesday March 1, 2023. Burkina Faso has been wracked by violence linked to al-Qaida and the Islamic State group that has killed thousands, but some civilians say they are even more afraid of Burkina Faso’s security forces, whom they accuse of extrajudicial killings. The military junta has denied its security forces were involved, but a frame-by-frame analysis by The Associated Press of the 83-second video shows the killings happened inside a military base in the country’s north. (AP Photo)
By SAM MEDNICK and MICHAEL BIESECKER
Associated Press
OUAGADOUGOU, Burkina Faso — It was a walk 16-year-old Adama had done countless times, feeding the cows not far from his grandmother’s house in northern Burkina Faso. But one day in mid-February, the teen didn’t come home...
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