At the press conference in the north of Ouagadougou, residents and survivors of the karma massacre in burkina faso on April 20th shared their stories.
On Friday, a human rights group announced the number of victims was more than double the official figure of 60 deaths. In total, 147 people were killed in karma, including 28 women, 45 children ages 9 to 14 years, and 9 people were wounded. 9 people were killed in the surrounding villages, all men,” the spokesman said.
Burkina Faso’s armed forces face an Islamist rebellion led by al-Qaeda and the Islamic State, which swept in from Mali in 2015.