DAKAR (AP): Military forces in Burkina Faso killed 223 civilians, including babies and many children, in attacks on two villages accused of cooperating with militants, Human Rights Watch said in a report published Thursday. The mass killings took.
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The mass killings took place on February 25 in the country's northern villages of Nondin and Soro, and some 56 children were among the dead, according to the report.
Burkina Faso has been consumed by conflict between jihadis linked to al-Qaida and the Islamic State group and state-backed forces, with civilians caught in the crossfire.