Security Minister Simon Compaor\u00e9 was in front of the press on Friday, March 24 to discuss the terrorist attacks in the country.<\/p>\n
\u00ab From 2015 to 2016, Burkina Faso has experienced more than 20 attacks or terrorist attacks against the defense and security forces or civilians that have resulted in more than 70 casualties \u00bb, he said.<\/p>\n
\u00ab As of today, more than 70 suspects involved in the terrorist attacks and the jihadist threat have been arrested and justice proceedings are under way \u00bb, Compaor\u00e9 said.<\/p>\n
In front of the terrorist threat, several operations were organized by the defense and security forces in the east and north of the country.<\/p>\n
There are also joint operations such as \u00ab Seno \u00bb conducted in partnership with the Malian armed forces, the joint Burkina-Togo operation along the border between the two countries.<\/p>\n
According to the Minister of Security, terrorist groups that pose a threat to Burkina Faso include Al Qaeda in the Islamic Maghreb (AQIM), Al Mourabitoune, Ansar Eddine, the Macina Liberation Front (FLM), the Islamic State in the great Sahara and Ansarul Islam.<\/p>\nAugustin K. Fodou<\/a>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":" Security Minister Simon Compaor\u00e9 was in front of the press on Friday, March 24 to discuss the terrorist attacks in the country. \u00ab From 2015 to 2016, Burkina Faso has experienced more than 20 attacks or terrorist attacks against the defense and security forces or civilians that have resulted in more than 70 casualties \u00bb, […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":3,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[5],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-3836","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","category-burkina"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/sahelien.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/3836","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/sahelien.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/sahelien.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/sahelien.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/3"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/sahelien.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=3836"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/sahelien.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/3836\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":3837,"href":"https:\/\/sahelien.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/3836\/revisions\/3837"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/sahelien.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=3836"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/sahelien.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=3836"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/sahelien.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=3836"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}