Mushure mekunge hondo yevagari vemuLibya ya2011 yapera, kurwiswa kwevarwi kwakawedzera nekuda kwekuwanda kwezvombo nevarwi mudunhu iri. Nyika yakavakidzana neMali yakatarisana nemakakatanwa muAzawad iyo yakatyisidzira kupatsanura nyika. Kubva 2015, Burkina Faso yakatarisana nekurwiswa kwemuganhu uye kurwiswa kwakasiyana-siyana munharaunda yayo, mhedzisiro yekusagadzikana uye kusagadzikana munyika dzakavakidzana. Kurwiswa kukuru kwakaitika muguta guru reOuagadougou mumakore achangopfuura: Muna 2016, kurwiswa kwehotera neresitorendi kwakauraya vanhu makumi matatu, kusanganisira vatorwa; uye muna 2017, kurwiswa kwakafanana kwakauraya vanhu gumi nevapfumbamwe, kusanganisira vatorwa. Kurwiswa kwese uku kwakaitwa neAl-Qaeda muIslamic Maghreb. Burkina Faso yakatarisanawo nekumukira muna 2014 kudonhedza Mutungamiri Compaoré Blaise gare gare gore iro. Burkina Faso inhengo yeTrans-Saharan Counterterrorism Partnership uye yakazvipira kutora hondo yeMubatanidzwa neS
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