id 5496 Url https://islam.zmo.de/s/afrique_ouest/item/5496 Modèle de ressource Report Classe de ressource bibo:Report Titre The Fledgling Insurgency in Burkina's East Editeur Armed Conflict Location & Event Data Project Date 2018-09-20 Type https://islam.zmo.de/s/afrique_ouest/item/8596 Identifiant https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q114290261 Q114290261 iwac-reference-0000776 Langue https://islam.zmo.de/s/afrique_ouest/item/8322 Résumé Since February this year, a new battlefront has emerged in eastern Burkina Faso (ACLED, 2018), in the Est Region situated along the borders with Niger, Benin, and Togo is regarded as a bastion of banditry. However, militancy is a new phenomenon in this part of the country, except the reported failed attempt by Al-Mourabitoun to establish a base in the Tapoa Forest, albeit on the Nigerien side of the border (Jeune Afrique, 2016). Until recently, militancy was largely limited to the country’s northern provinces along the border with Mali, in addition to a series of high-profile attacks in the capital of Ouagadougou (ACLED, 2018). Couverture spatiale https://islam.zmo.de/s/afrique_ouest/item/546 Liste des auteurs https://islam.zmo.de/s/afrique_ouest/item/1259 --