Imisakazo ye I-BBC Africa kanye neVoice of America (VOA) bamisiwe eBurkina Faso. Iziphathimandla zithi lesi sinyathelo sithathwe ngenxa yombiko wazo owawusola ibutho lezwe ngokubulala abantu abaningi. Ngenxa yalokho, ukusakazwa kwazo zombili izinhlangano kususiwe emoyeni, futhi ukufinyelela kumawebhusayithi azo ahlukene kunqatshelwe.
I-BBC kanye ne-VOA bobabili bazwakalise ukuzibophezela kwabo ekusakazeni okuqhubekayo kwentuthuko esizweni.
Inhlangano ezinze e-US, iHuman Rights Watch (HRW) ikhiphe umbiko ngoLwesine isola amasosha ezwe "ngokubulala kafushane" izakhamizi ezingama-223, okuhlanganisa nezingane ezingama-56, ezigodini ezimbili ngoFebhuwari. I-HRW inxusa iziphathimandla ukuthi zenze uphenyo mayelana nalezi zibhicongo.
Ngokwalo mbiko, ibutho lakuleli lihlale liqhuba udlame olubhekiswe kubantu besilisa ngaphansi kwesizathu sokulwa nobushokobezi. I-HRW iphinde ikhombise ukuthi lesi “sibhicongo” sibonakala siyingxenye yomkhankaso wamasosha obanzi oqondise izakhamuzi okusolwa ukuthi zisebenzisana namaqembu ahlomile.
Umkhandlu wezokuxhumana waseBurkina Faso uthe umbiko we-HRW uhlanganisa izitatimende ezithathwa “njengezidlakela futhi ezithambekele” ngamasosha, ezingase zibangele uthuthuva emphakathini. Ukwengeza, umkhandlu usuxwayise eminye imithombo yabezindaba ukuthi ibike ngalolu daba.
Burkina Faso okwamanje ingaphansi kombutho wezempi ophethwe uKaputeni u-Ibrahim Traore. UCaptain Traore wathatha izintambo zokuketula umbuso ngoSepthemba 2022, kulandela ukuketula umbuso kwamasosha okwaketula uMengameli okhethwe ngentando yeningi uRoch Marc Kabore ezinyangeni eziyisishiyagalombili ngaphambili.
IBurkina Faso ibhekene nezinselelo ezivela emaqenjini amavukelambuso axhumene ne-Al-Qaeda asebenza esifundeni saseSahel, okuholele ekuhlaselweni okuningi emazweni ase-Afrika. Ngokwe-Armed Conflict Location and Event Data Project (ACLED), cishe izakhamuzi eziyi-7,800 zalahlekelwa izimpilo zazo eSahel phakathi nezinyanga eziyisikhombisa zokuqala zika-2023.
Ngesikhathi kuqhubeka ingqungquthela yezokuphepha kuleli sonto, uMoussa Faki Mahamat, uMongameli weKhomishana Yenhlangano Yezizwe Zase-Afrika (i-AU), ugcizelele isidingo sokwandisa imizamo yokugcina ukuthula eholwa endaweni ukuze kubhekwane nokuhlasela okwandayo kwamaqembu ahlomile ezifundeni ezahlukene zase-Afrika. Ngenxa yodlame oluqhubekayo ezwenikazi lonke, i-AU isicele ukuthi kube neqhinga eliqinile lokulwa nobushokobezi, elibandakanya ukutshalwa kombutho wezokuphepha olindile.
