Burkina Faso, where soldiers who took power in January have promised to fight anti-jihadist their priority, are confronted as several neighboring countries with the violence of armed movements affiliated with Al-Qaeda and the group Islamic State.
Le Monde with AFP
Lieutenant-Colonel Paul-Henri Sandaogo Damiba, president of the transition to Burkina Faso, who came to power by a putsch at the end of January in this country undermined by jihadist violence, dismissed his Minister of Defense Barthélémy Simporé, and the Replaces in this position, according to decrees published Monday September 12.
The first decree, read on national television, reports the replacement of Mr. Simporé. The second indicates that Mr. Damiba “President of Faso assumes the functions of Minister of National Defense and Veterans Combatants”.
his side, Colonel-Major Silas Keita was appointed Minister Delegate in charge of National Defense and promoted Brigadier. He is the only new entrant to the government of this mini-remanage which comes after a series of deadly jihadist attacks since the beginning of the month.
Monday, two soldiers were killed and a “dozen neutralized terrorists” during a “complex attack” against a military detachment in the province of Oudalan (North).
September 5, at least 35 civilians whose women and children were killed by the explosion of an artisanal machine when passing a refueling convoy, between Djibo and Bourzanga.
The next day, at least nine people, seven civilians and two soldiers, were killed during two distinct attacks of alleged jihadists, who targeted civilians and a military patrol.
These attacks have given thousands of death since 2015 and some two million displaced people there. More than 40 % of the territory is outside the control of the State, according to official figures.