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Burkina Faso Extrajudicial Killings

From the town Fada N'gourma town in Burkina Faso on July 9, 2020, two individuals show wounds that they said were inflicted by government soldiers in June. The identities of the victims have been withheld. (AP Photo/Sam Mednick)

Burkina Faso's military is facing growing accusations that soldiers have tortured and killed civilians accused of aiding Islamic extremists and analysts say the ill-equipped and under-trained army is scrambling to stem the spread of jihadist violence that's ravaging the West African country.

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