Burkina Faso investigating security forces after 7 children allegedly killed on camera

Burkina Faso's government opened several human rights investigations after a video depicting the extrajudicial killings of seven children by alleged Burkinabe security forces surfaced.

The announcement was in response to calls from the United Nations High Commissioner for Human Rights to investigate the video, which circulated on chat groups starting in mid-February.

The Associated Press this month published its own findings about the video. AP's investigation determined that Burkina Faso’s security forces killed the children in a military base outside the town of Ouahigouya. Relatives of one of the boys, 16-year-old Adama, said he had come from feeding cows when security forces detained and later killed him.