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2021 In Burkina Faso
Incumbents * President: Roch Marc Christian Kaboré * Prime Minister: Christophe Joseph Marie Dabiré Events Ongoing: COVID-19 pandemic and terrorism in Burkina Faso January *January 7 – Prime Minister Christophe Joseph Marie Dabiré is reappointed. February *February 10 – President Kaboré travels to Brussels, Belgium, on the first stop of a European tour. *February 13 – Ramesh Rajasingham, acting United Nations assistant secretary-general for humanitarian affairs, tells the Associated Press that Burkina Faso is on the brink of a humanitarian crisis as 3.5 million people need assistance. *February 25 – Burkina Faso is one of four countries added to the Financial Action Task Force (FATF) list of places that are only partially in compliance with international efforts against financing terrorism and money laundering. April *April 26 - Spanish journalists David Beriáin and Roberto Fraile, along with Irish activist Rory Young, were killed - reportedly by memb ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Jihadist
Jihadism is a neologism which is used in reference to "militant Islamic movements that are perceived as existentially threatening to the West" and "rooted in political Islam."Compare: Appearing earlier in the Pakistani and Indian media, Western journalists adopted the term in the aftermath of the September 11 attacks The September 11 attacks, commonly known as 9/11, were four coordinated suicide terrorist attacks carried out by al-Qaeda against the United States on Tuesday, September 11, 2001. That morning, nineteen terrorists hijacked four commercia ... of 2001. Since then, it has been applied to various insurgent Islamic extremism, Islamic extremist, militant Islamism, Islamist, and Islamic terrorism, terrorist individuals and organizations whose ideologies are based on the Islamic notion of ''jihad''. It has also been applied to various Islamic empires in history, such as the Arab Umayyad Caliphate and the Ottoman empire, who extensively campaigned against non- ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Tadaryat
Tadaryat is a village in Yagha Province Yagha is one of the 45 provinces of Burkina Faso, located in its Sahel Region. Its capital is Sebba Sebba is a town located in the province of Yagha in Burkina Faso. It is the capital of Yagha Province. The mayor of Sebba is Hama Amirou Ly, of t ..., Burkina Faso. A massacre occurred in Tadaryat in June 2021. References Yagha Province Villages in Burkina Faso {{BurkinaFaso-geo-stub ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Solhan (department)
Solhan is a department or commune of Yagha Province Yagha is one of the 45 provinces of Burkina Faso, located in its Sahel Region. Its capital is Sebba Sebba is a town located in the province of Yagha in Burkina Faso. It is the capital of Yagha Province. The mayor of Sebba is Hama Amirou Ly, of t ... in the Sahel Region of northern Burkina Faso. A massacre occurred in Solhan in June 2021. References {{Burkina Faso-geo-stub Departments of Burkina Faso Yagha Province ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Solhan And Tadaryat Massacres
On 4 and 5 June 2021, insurgents attacked the Solhan and Tadaryat villages in the Yagha Province of Burkina Faso. The massacres left at least 174 people dead. Insurgents have been attacking the Sahel Region, along the border with Mali, since Islamists captured parts of Mali in 2013. Attacks In the evening of 4 June 2021, 13 civilians and a soldier were killed in an attack in the village of Tadaryat, located to the north of Solhan. The attackers also raided the community's motorbikes and cattle. Hours later in the early morning of 5 June 2021, insurgents attacked Solhan village in Burkina Faso, killing at least 160 civilians, including 20 children, and wounding 40 others. Around 2 am, the attackers, mounted on around 20 motorcycles, targeted first the Volunteers for the Defense of the Homeland (VDP), an anti- jihadist civilian defense force, before they burned homes and a market. A nearby mine was also attacked, Solhan being a centre for gold mining. The attackers left arou ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Civilian
Civilians under international humanitarian law are "persons who are not members of the armed forces" and they are not "combatants if they carry arms openly and respect the laws and customs of war". It is slightly different from a non-combatant, because some non-combatants are not civilians (for example, military chaplains who are attached to the belligerent party or military personnel who are serving with a neutral country). Civilians in the territories of a party to an armed conflict are entitled to certain privileges under the customary laws of war and international treaties such as the Fourth Geneva Convention. The privileges that they enjoy under international law depends on whether the conflict is an internal one (a civil war) or an international one. In some nations, uniformed members of civilian police or fire departments colloquially refer to members of the public as civilians. Etymology The word "civilian" goes back to the late 14th century and is from Old French '' ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Est Region (Burkina Faso)
Est is one of Burkina Faso's 13 administrative regions. It was created on 2 July 2001. The region's capital is Fada N'gourma. Five provinces make up the region— Gnagna, Gourma, Komondjari, Kompienga, and Tapoa. , the population of the region was 1,941,505 with 51% females. The population in the region was 9.47% of the total population of the country. The child mortality rate was 98, infant mortality rate was 98 and the mortality of children under five was 186. As of 2007, the literacy rate in the region was 28.5%, compared with a national average of 28.3%. The coverage of cereal need compared with the total production of the region was 108%. Geography Most of Burkina Faso is a wide plateau formed by riverine systems and is called falaise de Banfora. There are three major rivers, the Red Volta, Black Volta and White Volta, which cuts through different valleys. The climate is generally hot, with unreliable rains across different seasons. Gold and quartz are common minera ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Komondjari Province
Komondjari is one of the 45 provinces of Burkina Faso, located in its Est Region. Its capital (and only town) is Gayéri Gayéri is a town located in the province of Komondjari in Burkina Faso Burkina Faso (, ; , ff, 𞤄𞤵𞤪𞤳𞤭𞤲𞤢 𞤊𞤢𞤧𞤮, italic=no) is a landlocked country in West Africa with an area of , bordered by Mali to the north .... Departments The province is divided into 3 departments. References Provinces of Burkina Faso {{Komondjari-geo-stub ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Foutouri (department)
Foutouri is a department Department may refer to: * Departmentalization, division of a larger organization into parts with specific responsibility Government and military *Department (administrative division), a geographical and administrative division within a country, ... or commune of Komondjari Province in Burkina Faso. Cities The department consists of a chief town : * Foutouri and 11 villages: * Bartiébougou-Fulani * Bontégou * Bossongri * Gourel-Cowpea * Haaba * Kienkièga * Paagou * Paagou-Fulani * Penkatougou * Tambiga * Tambissonguima. References Departments of Burkina Faso Komondjari Province {{Burkina Faso-geo-stub ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Kodyel Attack
On 3 May 2021 Islamic militants attacked Kodyel, a village in Foutouri, Burkina Faso. The attack left at least 30 people dead and another 20 injured. Background An Islamist insurgency spread throughout the Sahel during the early 21st century. Burkina Faso suffered a lot of unrest during the 2010s. Several major insurgent attacks occurred in the landlocked West African country during the latter part of that decade. Most attacks occur near the country's borders with Mali and Niger. However, major attacks occurred in Ouagadougou in 2016, 2017 and 2018. The insurgency continued into the 2020s, including two fatal attacks on 26 April 2021. In the Est Region, two Spanish journalists and an Irish conservationist were killed and a Burkinabé soldier went missing when their anti-poaching patrol was ambushed. In the Sahel Region, 18 people were killed in Yattakou village. Attack Over 100 heavily armed militants on motorcycles and pick-up trucks stormed the village of Koydel i ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Committee To Protect Journalists
The Committee to Protect Journalists (CPJ) is an American independent non-profit, non-governmental organization, based in New York City, New York, with correspondents around the world. CPJ promotes press freedom and defends the rights of journalists. The ''American Journalism Review'' has called the organization, "Journalism's Red Cross." Since late 1980s, the organization has been publishing an annual census of journalists killed or imprisoned in relation to their work. History and programs The Committee to Protect Journalists was founded in 1981 in response to the harassment of Paraguayan journalist Alcibiades González Delvalle. Its founding honorary chairman was Walter Cronkite. Since 1991, it has held the annual CPJ International Press Freedom Awards Dinner, during which awards are given to journalists and press freedom advocates who have endured beatings, threats, intimidation, and prison for reporting the news. Between 2002 and 2008, it published a biannual magazine, ''D ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
