April 2 (UPI) -- More than 1,800 civilians have been killed since the military took power in Burkina Faso as it has gone after al-Qaeda-linked jihadist groups wreaking havoc in the region for years.
Roughly 1,837 civilians -- including dozens of children -- have been killed in 57 separate incidents since Ibrahim Traore and the military took over in a September 2022 coup, Human Rights Watch said in a report published Thursday.
The report covers events that occurred between January 2023 and August 2025 in 11 regions of the country that resulted in the deaths of 647 men, 171 women, 212 children, 162 adults whose gender is unknown and another 651 deaths the organization does not have data on.
"As part of widespread or systemic attacks on civilian populations, the murder and forcible displacement by all sides amount to crimes against humanity," HRW wrote in the report.
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