The inhabitants react to the “general mobilization” decreed by the country’s military junta in order to give Burkina Faso “all the necessary means” to fight once morest the jihadist attacks which have followed one another since the beginning of the year.
Mobilization has been declared in Burkina Faso in order to fight once morest the terrorist attacks which have been increasing in recent times.
« I think that if everyone takes this measure to heart, every citizen of Burkina Faso takes it to heart, we will succeed in fighting terrorism. Because if we only have our eyes fixed on the army, it will be complicated said Minoungou Irène, a student interviewed in Ouagadougou.
« I’m ready to go to the front, I’m ready to defend my dear country, that’s all. It is by fighting that we will be able to free ourselves… because it is as if we were in captivity now. That’s it, it’s by fighting that we can free ourselves from this captivity. » adds Abdoul Fayçal Dabré, also a student.
In the statement made by the Presidency of the Republic, it was announced that general mobilization has been declared in order to fight effectively once morest terrorist attacks since the beginning of the year.
The declaration specifies that the objective of the mobilization is to define a legal framework for all the measures to be taken within the framework of the fight once morest terrorism.
While no details have been given on the modalities for implementing the mobilization, some sources have suggested that a state of emergency might be declared in the regions most affected by terrorism.
In Burkina Faso, one of the world’s poorest countries, terrorist groups linked to Al-Qaeda and DAESH in neighboring Mali have carried out frequent attacks since 2015.
More recently, 44 people were killed in attacks on two villages near the Niger border last week, and 51 soldiers were killed in another attack in the north in February.
Due to the increase in attacks, the Chief of the General Staff was changed at the beginning of the month and Célestin Simpore was appointed to this position.
