The 136 civilians killed in the village of Karma in northern Burkina Faso by men wearing army fatigues is a significant increase from the official Death Toll of 60. The Collective Against Impunity and Stigmatization of Communities (CISC) says that the civilian death toll is at least 136 and that the massacres came after a jihadist attack on April 15, during which six soldiers and at least 34 army auxiliaries were killed near a village in the same region. The government "strongly" condemns "these despicable and barbaric acts" and says it is "following very closely the progress of the investigation" opened by the Ouahigouya prosecutor in order to "clarify" the facts and "question all those involved." Burkina Faso, the scene of two military coups in 2022, has been caught since 2015 in a spiral of jihadist violence that began in Mali and Niger a few years earlier and has spread beyond their borders. The violence has left more than 10

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