Burkina Faso police throw tear gas in protest against the government Protest News

Military police are throwing tear gas canisters to disperse about 100 protesters trying to march towards downtown Ouagadougou, accusing the government of not appeasing the violence.

Poliziak negar gasak jaurti ditu Burkina Fasoko hiriburuan, gobernuak borrokalari gogorren indarkeria olatu bat geldiarazi ez izanaren aurkako manifestazioan.

Opponents of President Roch Kabore, an alliance of three groups called the November 27 coalition, called for renewed protests in the wake of the latest attacks in the West African country on Saturday, including one of the 49 dead al-Qaeda-linked fighters. military police and four civilians.

But other civil society groups withdrew from the protests and said they refused to “be complicit in those who want to push the country into chaos.”

The attack two weeks ago It was near the northern town of Inata, the deadliest hit by Burkinabe security forces since a riot began in 2015, and has sparked outrage against the government and French military forces that support it.

Since then, there have been scattered protests, and demonstrators in the city of Kaya he prevented the passage He was on his way to Niger near Niger for almost a week in a French military convoy.

On Saturday, military police fired tear gas canisters to disperse about 100 protesters trying to march towards downtown Ouagadougou.

After retreating to the side streets, protesters began erecting barricades and burning tires and garbage cans.

Nicolas Jque of Al Jazeera said people are angry with the government because they no longer feel safe in their country.

“One and a half million people have been displaced as a result of the violence in Burkina Faso and about 60% of them are children,” he said.

“Two-thirds of the country is not under government control, or at least there is fighting between the government and armed groups. [control of the areas]”He added.

“Incompatible” administration.

One of the protesters, 28-year-old Fabrice Sawadogo, told the AFP news agency that “after seven years of failure to prevent terrorist attacks … it is time to call on the government.”

The “incompetent” administration must “accept that it has failed,” he said.

Authorities have reacted nervously to angry responses to the latest attacks, as they cut off mobile internet access a week ago and refused to allow a demonstration on Saturday.

The United Nations special envoy for West Africa said on Thursday it was concerned about the situation in Burkina Faso and warned against any military controls following the coups of three neighboring countries last year.

Political instability has weakened the regional fight against al-Qaeda and ISIL-linked militants (ISILs) as they continue to gain ground in the West African Sahel region.

Groups linked to the two have hit landless Sahel, killing about 2,000 people and displacing 1.4 million from their homes since 2015.

In a November 14 attack, hundreds of fighters attacked an Inata gendarmerie camp in the north of the country, killing 53 policemen and four others.