00:00Burkina Faso has denied a report that more than 1,800 civilians have been killed in acts
00:06constituting crimes against humanity since Ibrahim Traoré forcibly took power three
00:11years ago.
00:13Human Rights Watch, which released the report, blamed the majority of the killings on the
00:17military and allied militias, and the remainder on Islamist militants.
00:23It's based on analysis of open-source information including videos and satellite imagery, as
00:28well as discussions with witnesses and survivors.
00:33One of the deadliest incidents described in the report dates back to December 2023, when
00:39the military and allied militias are said to have killed more than 400 civilians in the
00:43town of Jibo.
00:46Survivors refer to the killings as brutal and say they have suffered psychological trauma.
00:51The government denounced the organisation's findings as false and described them as quote
00:55conjecture and serious unfounded claims.
01:01It's not the first time it has faced such accusations.
01:04Burkina Faso is one of several West African nations that has seen coups in recent years.
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