What's fueling violence in the west African state of Burkina Faso?
It was a carefully executed attack. On November 6, a convoy of buses carrying a Canadian gold mining company’s workers in the eastern part of Burkina Faso came under fire. Armed men first blew up an armoured escort car and then ambushed the buses. The attack killed 37 and left dozens of others injured.
Outfits ranging from Ansarul Islam, Al Qaeda in the Islamic Maghreb to the Islamic State of the Greater Sahara, have been active in the country’s Sahel region - a group of provinces that borders Mali. Much of the violence of the last three years can be traced to Ibrahim Malam Dicko, a resident of the Soum province, who founded Ansarul Islam. A radical preacher, he is believed to have been inspired by the Mali-based Macina Liberation Front. Pauline Le Roux, who has extensively documented the country’s security problems.
Militant attacks on villages and towns have pushed some communities to form their own militias, which have in turn been accused of attacking people of other ethnic backgrounds.
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