A global study has concluded that Burkina Faso in West Africa is now the country most affected in the world by terrorism, even more than Mali, its troubled neighbor to the north.
The latest Global Terrorism Index says that one-fourth of all extremist attacks worldwide, and nine of the world’s 20 deadliest attacks, came in Burkina Faso in 2024.
Three such attacks came in late January and early February 2026, as terrorists with Jama’at Nusrat al-Islam wal- (JNIM) killed at least 38 civilians, abducted nine women and burned…
