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Burkina, Mali troops kill more civilians than jihadists do, data shows | Reuters
Source: Reuters | 2 April 2026
[...]The ACLED data shows that in 2025 alone, the Burkinabe military and forces from the pro-government Homeland Defence Volunteers militia killed 523 civilians while JNIM and Islamic State Sahel Province (ISSP), another militant group, killed 339.
In Mali, the military, together ​with Russian paramilitary groups Wagner and Africa Corps, killed 918 civilians in 2025, while JNIM and ISSP killed 232, according to ACLED.[...]
