Burkina Faso: Victims or Villains? The Volunteer Fighters on the Front Line

[The New Humanitarian] Kongoussi, Burkina Faso -- Editor's note: In a March article, TNH contributor Sam Mednick explored what a new law granting civilians power to fight extremists might mean for Burkina Faso. In the months that followed, she travelled to northern and eastern parts of the country to meet vigilante groups and interview civilians, who described a pattern of abuse by ill-disciplined fighters. Click here to read the original story.