Burkina Faso junta slams NGO report on massacre as "baseless"
Military-ruled Burkina Faso has rejected as "baseless accusations" a Human Rights Watch report that soldiers killed at least 223 villagers in two attacks on 25 February.
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Military-ruled Burkina Faso has rejected as "baseless accusations" a Human Rights Watch report that soldiers killed at least 223 villagers in two attacks on 25 February.
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HRW said the Burkinabe army has repeatedly committed mass atrocities against civilians in the name of fighting terrorism, and it called on authorities to investigate the massacres.
Burkina Faso has suspended several international news organisations, some of them for an indefinite period, said a statement from communications regulator the CSC.
Burkina Faso denies HRW's village massacre accusation. Government investigates alleged execution of villagers in northern part of the country.