As much as I’d like to think they were all ISIS fighters, the reality is that women and children were likely targeted too by government-aligned militias.
This proves that something did happen, but it’s hard to make sense of. What I really want to find is some knowledgeable commentary to contextualize this.
As much as I’d like to think they were all ISIS fighters, the reality is that women and children were likely targeted too by government-aligned militias.
https://www.hrw.org/news/2025/05/12/burkina-faso-army-directs-ethnic-massacres
Looking for primary source evidence, I managed to find these videos (CW: corpses are shown) https://x.com/SimNasr/status/1899908842395181416
This proves that something did happen, but it’s hard to make sense of. What I really want to find is some knowledgeable commentary to contextualize this.