By targeting civilians and places of worship, cancer of terrorism is spreading in West Africa

Ahmed Adel

US newspaper Huffington Post on Tuesday, December 3, 2019, published an article titled, “Burkina Faso, the dream of a succession of terrorist organizations and the enhancement of its presence.”

The report said that after the death of 14 people and the wounding of others in the attack on a Protestant church in the region of Futuri, Burkina Faso has already become the scene of attacks by terrorist groups linked to al Qaeda and ISIS.

Burkina Faso, in the current period, is increasingly armed with jihadist attacks on Christian places of worship, and security forces are struggling to be right in the absence of their fighters and possible means of providing security cover to protect civilians and military personnel.

In the spring of 2018, churches were targeted almost daily by terrorists. Between April and November 2019, at least 20 people were killed in actions attributed to al-Qaeda and ISIS extremist terrorist groups, and several imams were killed, leaving Burkina Faso in a spiral of gradual escalating violence over the past four years, often fed by Iraqi militias from neighboring countries.

Mali’s sister Burkina

Another country has entered the dream of African succession with terrorist organizations, Mali, where there is a battle against French troops in the country, and recently 13 French soldiers died in a collision between two helicopters in Mali, and the Islamic State terrorist group claimed responsibility for the terrorist attack.

The report pointed out that French forces have been present since 2013 with the participation of 4,500 troops, in the Sahel sub-Saharan region, with the launch of Operation Serval, which intervened in the country as a result of the outbreak of the security crisis in 2012.

The Malian army is restoring these areas with the help of France, but the violence is not yet over. Mali is also destabilized not only in the north but also in the south, where there are extremist elements of al-Qaeda-linked Ansar al-Islam operates in the central and southern regions.By targeting civilians and places of worship, cancer of terrorism is spreading in West Africa

Ahmed Adel

US newspaper Huffington Post on Tuesday, December 3, 2019, published an article titled, “Burkina Faso, the dream of a succession of terrorist organizations and the enhancement of its presence.”

The report said that after the death of 14 people and the wounding of others in the attack on a Protestant church in the region of Futuri, Burkina Faso has already become the scene of attacks by terrorist groups linked to al Qaeda and ISIS.

Burkina Faso, in the current period, is increasingly armed with jihadist attacks on Christian places of worship, and security forces are struggling to be right in the absence of their fighters and possible means of providing security cover to protect civilians and military personnel.

In the spring of 2018, churches were targeted almost daily by terrorists. Between April and November 2019, at least 20 people were killed in actions attributed to al-Qaeda and ISIS extremist terrorist groups, and several imams were killed, leaving Burkina Faso in a spiral of gradual escalating violence over the past four years, often fed by Iraqi militias from neighboring countries.

Mali’s sister Burkina

Another country has entered the dream of African succession with terrorist organizations, Mali, where there is a battle against French troops in the country, and recently 13 French soldiers died in a collision between two helicopters in Mali, and the Islamic State terrorist group claimed responsibility for the terrorist attack.

The report pointed out that French forces have been present since 2013 with the participation of 4,500 troops, in the Sahel sub-Saharan region, with the launch of Operation Serval, which intervened in the country as a result of the outbreak of the security crisis in 2012.

The Malian army is restoring these areas with the help of France, but the violence is not yet over. Mali is also destabilized not only in the north but also in the south, where there are extremist elements of al-Qaeda-linked Ansar al-Islam operates in the central and southern regions.