Burkina Faso: families of victims of terrorism challenge the Head of State
Downtown Ouagadougou, January 23, 2022 (Illustrative image) AFP - OLYMPIA DE MAISMONT
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Burkina Faso commemorated this Thursday, September 1, delayed, the international day of remembrance to the victims of terrorism.
Since 2015, the country has been under the diktat of armed groups which occupy at least 40% of the territory.
The families of the victims took the opportunity to try to draw the attention of President Paul Henri Sandaogo Damiba to the measures for the medical and financial care of the injured and the families of victims of terrorism.
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With our correspondent in Ouagadougou,
Yaya Boudani
The families of the victims of terrorism did not hide their disappointment with the president of the transition, who attended the commemoration on the theme "
Support for the victims of terrorism: a right for the victims and a duty for the State and for the community
”.
They call for a reframing of the management of compensation allocated to soldiers who fell on the battlefield.
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“
Especially the widows of soldiers, who suffer enormously, once the allowance is paid, the in-laws recover it for a division, and leave the widow and the child in carelessness, whereas the widow must raise her children.
It's really traumatic, there are widows who want to kill themselves because they don't know what to do...
", explains their spokesperson, Pascal Lankoandé.
While acknowledging the difficulties highlighted by the families, Barthelemy Kéré, the Minister in charge of Human Rights, explains that a report will be sent to the Head of State, and that the government will continue to protect the dignity and fundamental rights of people. affected by terrorism.
Burkina Faso has been suffering from terrorist attacks since 2015. Attacks that have left many victims and more than 1.9 million internally displaced people.
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Burkina Faso
Paul-Henri Sandaogo Damiba
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