![]() ![]() About 70% of families reporting people missing allege it is linked to the security forces, said Daouda Diallo, executive secretary for the Collective Against Impunity and Stigmatization of Communities, a civil society group. ![]() The military has been accused by rights groups of extrajudicial killings and targeting people deemed to be associated with the jihadis. During a trip to Fada N’Gourma in October and speaking to people in the Sahel province by phone, three families, including Combary’s, told The Associated Press they suspect the army is responsible for their missing relatives. ![]() While some families blame the jihadis for the disappearances of their loved ones, many others point to the security forces as the main perpetrators. One month after her son disappeared, Combary’s husband died of a heart attack due to the shock, she said. Tracing people during a conflict and in a context of mass displacement is challenging, can cause tensions within families and communities and psychological and physical distress. People have previously gone missing in the West African nation due to migration, floods or shocks from climate change, but the magnitude has increased because of the violence, she said. “Certainly we are concerned also by the number of families who are coming to us directly to signal that they have a missing relative and need support.” “With the conflict, you have more sudden movements of people, you have more incidents which can lead to separation and disappearance,” said Marina Fakhouri, head of protection with the ICRC in Burkina Faso. ![]()
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