By RFIPubliée on 23-06-2019Modified on 23-06-2019 at 00:37

Six months after the Yirgou massacre, women victims and families of victims organized a sit-in on Saturday, June 22, in front of the Ouagadougou High Court to denounce the slowness of justice in handling this case.

On January 1, 2019, after the assassination of the village chief of Yirgou, in Sanmatenga province, Fulani were targeted by Mossi villagers, assisted by members of their self-defense group, the Koglweogo. Assessment: more than 200 people killed and thousands displaced.

Like women from the provinces of Sanmatenga and Soum, Ms. Bah, born Aissatou Boli, who saw members of her family being killed during the reprisals following the assassination of the leader of Yirgou, manifest against the slowness of Justice. " Really, we want justice to do its job, " she says. Since the Yirgou massacre, it's only getting worse by the day. We have widows, orphans, really it has become unbearable. So far, nothing is done. "

However, says Daouda Diallo, the coordinator of the Collective against impunity and stigmatization of communities, the city prosecutor of Kaya has already auditioned several victims and witnesses. " The prosecutor made it clear that he was able to identify 180 serious suspects, 200 witnesses and victims. He even asked that we arrest the serious suspects who are involved in these crimes, but so far, there are blockages, "deplores Daouda Diallo.

With gourds thrown back on their heads, the women also denounce the deterioration of living conditions at the sites hosting the displaced. " Today, we carry this inverted calabash to indicate the lack of food on the various sites ", justifies Apsa Diallo is their spokesperson.

The women of the Collective against impunity and the stigmatization of communities invite the government to provide all the necessary means for the justice system to shed light on the Yirgou, Arbinda and other massacres.

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