Burkina Faso Islamist insurgency: Woman recalls murder of her sons after fleeing to Ivory Coast
Summary: Yameogo Aminata says her four sons were slaughtered and her daughter is missing.
Sitting in a dim room at a refugee camp in Ivory Coast, Yameogo Aminata, 57, is haunted by memories of the murder of her four sons by jihadists in her home country, Burkina Faso.
In 2022, she was away from her home when the armed insurgents – who have been terrorising communities in central Burkina Faso for almost 15 years – struck.
The jihadists had forcefully taken over her village, seizing cattle and land, and killing many residents – including her sons aged between 25 and 32.
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