o:id 5496 url https://islam.zmo.de/s/westafrica/item/5496 o:resource_template Report o:resource_class bibo:Report dcterms:title The Fledgling Insurgency in Burkina's East dcterms:publisher Armed Conflict Location & Event Data Project dcterms:date 2018-09-20 dcterms:type https://islam.zmo.de/s/westafrica/item/8596 dcterms:identifier https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q114290261 Q114290261 iwac-reference-0000776 dcterms:language https://islam.zmo.de/s/westafrica/item/8322 dcterms:abstract 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). dcterms:spatial https://islam.zmo.de/s/westafrica/item/546 bibo:authorList https://islam.zmo.de/s/westafrica/item/1259 --