A Fulani woman fleeing with her children during Operation Green Whirlwind 2, a coordinated offensive carried out between March 8 and 13, 2025, by Burkinabè military forces and allied militias, in the western Boucle du Mouhoun region, near the town of Solenzo. During the operation, government forces killed at least 130 Fulani civilians, and possibly many more, and forced thousands to flee.
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