On the morning of Thursday, April 20, 2023, a horrific tragedy occurred in Karma, in the municipality of Ouahigouya, Yatenga province, where dozens of Burkinabe were coldly shot dead. First and foremost, we would like to express our deepest sympathy to the entire Burkinabe people and the bereaved families, and we wish a speedy recovery to the wounded. We also offer our heartfelt thoughts to all the victims, both combatants and civilians, of the insecurity that has been ravagi

Since 2016, Burkina Faso has been plunged into an extremely serious security, humanitarian, and political crisis. The already fractured social fabric has deteriorated further in recent months with the spread of hate speech and violent radical and ethnicist rhetoric. For the first time in Burkina Faso, individuals are openly threatening to physically harm other citizens on the basis of their opinions, with complete impunity. It was in this context that, on the night of Decembe