Islamic terrorism Warning: You are not logged in. Your IP address will be publicly visible if you make any edits. If you log in or create an account, your edits will be attributed to your username, along with other benefits.Anti-spam check. Do not fill this in! ==== Burkina Faso ==== In January 2016, terrorists from [[Al-Qaeda in the Islamic Maghreb]] (AQIM) [[2016 Ouagadougou attacks|shot and killed 30 people at the Splendid Hotel]] in Ouagadougou.<ref name="Welle www.dw.com">{{Cite web|url=https://www.dw.com/de/burkina-faso-islamistische-gefahr-aus-dem-innern/a-41056722|title=Burkina Faso: Islamistische Gefahr aus dem Innern |date=20 October 2017 |publisher=Deutsche Welle |language=de-DE|access-date=18 March 2019}}</ref> In an August [[2017 Ouagadougou attack]], 19 people were killed, and 25 others were injured when [[al-Qaeda in the Islamic Maghreb|al-Qaeda's Maghreb jihadists affiliates]] opened fire on a Turkish restaurant and hotel. During the March [[2018 Ouagadougou attacks]], terrorists affiliated with [[Al-Qaeda in the Islamic Maghreb]] killed 8 people and injured more than 85. The terrorist organization [[Ansar ul Islam (Western Africa)|Ansar ul Islam]] is active in Burkina Faso and has conducted assassinations, looting, attacks on police and has closed hundreds of schools.<ref name="Welle www.dw.com" /> Summary: Please note that all contributions to Christianpedia may be edited, altered, or removed by other contributors. If you do not want your writing to be edited mercilessly, then do not submit it here. You are also promising us that you wrote this yourself, or copied it from a public domain or similar free resource (see Christianpedia:Copyrights for details). Do not submit copyrighted work without permission! Cancel Editing help (opens in new window) Discuss this page