Burkina Faso puts former president and intelligence general on terrorist "blacklist"

Burkina Faso on November 21 froze the “assets and resources” of more than 100 people, including former President Paul-Henri Sandaogo Damiba, and two jihadist groups, on charges of “funding terrorism”.

Since 2015, violence by armed groups has claimed the lives of more than 26,000 people in Burkina Faso. (Source: Getty Images)

According to a document signed by Finance Minister Aboubacar Nacanabo on November 19, Burkina Faso imposed the above decision on 113 individuals and two “terrorist organizations” - including the Group to Support Islam and Muslims (JNIM) and the Islamic State in the Greater Sahara (ISGS).

The list of individuals whose assets have been frozen includes former President Lieutenant Colonel Damiba, currently in exile in Togo, former Burkinabe special forces commander Ahmed Kinda, former intelligence chief Ouedraogo, as well as exiled former ministers Djibril Bassole and Alpha Barry.

Burkina Faso also banned the 113 individuals from traveling, while their assets and economic resources remain frozen.

Since 2015, violence by armed groups affiliated with Al-Qaeda and the Islamic State (IS) has claimed the lives of more than 26,000 people in Burkina Faso, including more than 13,500 since the September 2022 coup. More than 2 million people have been forced to flee their homes and seek refuge elsewhere in Burkina Faso.

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