Militants Seek African Coast Gold
Reports indicate that gold mines in Burkina Faso account for 75% of the total armed incidents in the country since 2015. The military council controls only 25% of the territory. Armed groups, including "Jama'at Nusrat al-Islam wal-Muslimin" (affiliated with al-Qaeda) and "ISIS – West Africa Province," have intensified attacks on areas near the mines, targeting military facilities and trade routes to reinforce their strategy of imposing levies on companies and intimidating local governments. These operations exploit security gaps, as the groups lack the capacity to mine themselves and instead focus on imposing long-term economic restrictions by targeting workers in the gold sector—threatening the stability of governments in the region. This situation is compounded by some countries collaborating with Russian forces to provide military support.
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