Communiqué No.: 07/BE/CSP-DPA/2024
The CSP-DPA Permanent Strategic Framework condemns in the strongest terms the bombing carried out by a Turkish drone of the Burkinabe authorities, which exclusively targeted civilians among migrants working at the artisanal gold mining site in Tinzaouatine on July 30, resulting in dozens of deaths and injuries among people coming from Niger, Sudan, Chad and other countries of the West African region.
With this grave mistake, the AES Sahel, after a summit of leaders of the recently-reigning countries, is carrying out its first operations against its own citizens fleeing the misery of their countries in search of a better life. This attack against civilians demonstrates the continued chaos and the failure of the military to manage these countries.
The CSP-DPA points out to the coup authorities in Burkina Faso that they have no interest in being dragged into an internal conflict far from them and that would make them complicit in the massacres of civilians in Azawad.
The CSP-DPA calls on the Turkish authorities to reconsider their policy of providing drones to coup states led by failed military juntas, which are used to massacre civilians and destroy infrastructure.
The CSP-DPA launches an urgent appeal to independent international judicial bodies and human rights organizations to address these war crimes and crimes against humanity targeting civilians based on their political affiliations and choices, in order to ensure that their perpetrators do not escape punishment.
The CSP-DPA extends its deepest condolences to the families of all innocent victims and wishes a speedy recovery to the injured.
The CSP-DPA, on the other hand, confirms that none of its units were affected by the bombing, contrary to the propaganda spread by the military government in Bamako.
Written in Kidal, on July 30, 2024
Spokesperson of the Permanent Strategic Framework for the Defense of the Azawad People
Mohamed El Mawloud Ramdane
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