Groups with links to al-Qaeda and ISIL accused of ‘massacring villagers, displaced people, and Christian worshippers’.
At least 10 coup attempts have been recorded in Central and West Africa since the August 2020 military takeover in Mali.
With half the country not under government control, al-Qaeda affiliate JNIM is increasingly targeting civilians.
The bodies of more than 200 people have been found after an attack by an al Qaeda-linked armed group in Burkina Faso.
Jama’at Nusrat al-Islam wal-Muslimin, an armed group linked to al-Qaeda, claims responsibility for the attack.
The order comes days after a Swedish government minister announced that aid to Mali would be ‘phased out’.
The formation of Sahel alliance by Burkina Faso, Mali and Niger overshadows ECOWAS summit, set to open in Abuja.
Move is latest sign the countries are moving away from traditional regional and Western allies following spate of coups.
Experts say ECOWAS’s tensions with Niger, Mali and Burkina Faso could roll back years of regional diplomacy.
Worsening insecurity in the country is fuelling rumours of dissent against Burkina Faso’s military government.
The attack on June 11 was one of the deadliest suffered by the West African nation’s army.
A report by the Norwegian Refugee Council says nine out of the 10 countries on the list are African.
For the second year in a row, Burkina Faso is the world’s most neglected displacement crisis, according to NRC.
The military had promised elections in July to restore civilian rule, but it also said security would take priority.
