Administration de « la brousse » et prémices des conflits armés au Burkina Faso : le cas des groupes Koglweogo

Abstract

Through a study of the practices of Koglweogo self-defense groups, this article describes the ordinary violence that plagued rural Burkina Faso prior to the current armed conflict. It focuses on the forms of privatization of coercion by these armed men, particularly those that have been grafted onto economic activities and the governance of populations. Controlling the movement of people and goods, as well as the establishment of a local justice system, were already seen as central and strategic elements in the political tensions that ran through these "bush" areas, now plunged into war with jihadist groups.

Keywords

• conflicts
• Burkina Faso
• Sahel
• violence
• armed mobilization
• vigilantism