Burkina Faso: Violence
Lords · Question HL2570 · Tabled 15 Nov 2024 · Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Office · Official record
Answered 27 Nov 2024
Question
Asked by Lord Boateng
To ask His Majesty's Government what assessment they have made of the report by Human Rights Watch that more than 220 civilians, including at least 56 children, were killed in Burkina Faso by the military in February; and what representations they have ma
Answer
Answered by Lord Collins of Highbury, 27 Nov 2024
The UK is aware of reports of massacres of civilians by Burkinabe military forces in late February in the villages of Nondin and Soro in Burkina Faso's Yatenga province. On 29 April, the UK and USA issued a joint statement condemning the alleged violence ...