Islamic Massacres This Week > Jihadis murder 100 soldiers in Burkina Faso;

* Five years ago Burkina Faso was 64% Muslim, mostly Sunni, and 26% Christian, mostly Catholic.

It's amazing that none of these Sahel countries are prepared to fight Islamic jihad, or is it?

Burkina Faso: Jihadis murder over 100 soldiers

JUN 18, 2024 1:00 PM BY ROBERT SPENCER

Once again we see a jihad force in Africa apparently stronger than those of a national military.

Al Qaeda affiliate claims responsibility for Burkina Faso

attack that killed over 100

Victoria Advocate, June 17, 2024 (thanks to The Religion of Peace):

Al Qaeda affiliate Jama’a Nusrat ul-Islam wa al-Muslimin (JNIM) group has claimed responsibility for an attack on June 11 that killed over 100 Burkina Faso soldiers in Mansila area near the border with Niger, the SITE Intelligence Group said on Sunday….

Fatalities linked to militant Islamist violence (in Africa) rose by 20 percent in the past year (from 19,412 in 2022 to 23,322)—a record level of lethal violence. This represents a near doubling in deaths since 2021. 83 percent of the reported fatalities have been in the Sahel and Somalia.

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