by Rhoda Wilson, Expose News:
Millions of people in Burkina Faso have been displaced due to ongoing and escalating violence. In a move to address the humanitarian crisis, ECOWAS is ramping up efforts to collect data.
It’s unclear what data ECOWAS is collecting but what is clear is that the humanitarian crisis has provided an opportunity for the UN to roll out its biometrics and digital ID agenda to refugees and displaced persons, and the communities that host them.
Is it all coincidence or has it all been planned?
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Burkina Faso is a member of the United Nations (“UN”), La Francophonie and the Organisation of Islamic Cooperation. It is currently suspended from the Economic Community of West African States (“ECOWAS”) and the African Union.
On Thursday it was reported that in February, Burkinabé soldiers massacred over 200 civilians in a day. Soldiers systematically forced villagers from their homes, gathered them in groups, and mercilessly opened fire, leaving no one spared, even those attempting to seek refuge. The military has justified these heinous acts as retaliation against villagers accused of aiding Islamist fighters.
Previously, Human Rights Watch has reported unlawful killings and disappearances by the army, drone strikes on civilians and the use of conscription into the army to crack down on dissent. But civilians are at even greater risk from Islamist terrorists.
Since 2015, successive Burkinabé governments have been battling an Islamist insurgency spreading from neighbouring Mali that has killed thousands of people and forcibly displaced millions. Fighting has intensified in recent years
Since late 2022 there was an upsurge of Islamist armed groups killing scores of civilians, looting and burning property, and forcing thousands to flee in attacks across the country. Jihadist groups now control over a third of the country.
But that’s not all. Recently, the UN Office on Drugs and Crime said that drug trafficking in the Sahel region – i.e., Burkina Faso, Chad, Mali, Mauritania, and the Niger – continues to hinder security, economic development and the rule of law while jeopardising public health.
Last week, in a move to address humanitarian crises and combat terrorism, ECOWAS announced a multi-million-dollar initiative to aid internally displaced people, refugees, asylum seekers and communities affected by conflicts across the region.
Out of the $25 million fund for the fight against terrorism in Nigeria, Burkina Faso, Mali, and Niger, $9 million has been allocated for internally displaced people (“IDPs”), refugees and asylum seekers, as well as for the communities that host them. $4 million of the $25 million has been reserved for humanitarian action to curb the devastating consequences of terrorism and mitigate the fallout of natural disasters. There are not enough details provided to establish the intention of the separate $9 million and $4 million allocations.
Nor are there details on what form or items the aid or assistance will take. However, according to Punch, ECOWAS emphasised the importance of prevention in its approach to crisis management, highlighting the implementation of a disaster reduction strategy and the utilisation of tools such as the Observation, Monitoring, and Alert Centre.”
Since 2003, ECOWAS has been implementing its Early Warning and Response Network (“ECOWARN”). The Observation, Monitoring and Alert Centre is one of its two operational branches and has been in existence since at least 2009, as evidenced by THIS interview with the head of one of ECOWARN’s sub-region offices.
ECOWAS claims “[ECOWARN’s] systematised approach to data collection, threat assessment, and reporting enables proactive decision-making to preserve regional stability.”
As ECOWARN has obviously completely failed to preserve regional stability in recent years and the emphasis is on data collection, it makes one wonder what data is being collected.
Punch noted that by implementing disaster reduction strategies using data collection and analysis tools, ECOWAS would be able “to monitor displaced populations, anticipate potential threats and effectively manage crises.”
So, monitoring displaced persons seems to be one of the priorities. In addition, or perhaps complimentary, to the data ECOWAS collects to enable this monitoring, the displaced persons crisis in the region has provided an opportunity for the UN to roll out its biometric and digital ID agenda to refugees, IDPs and the communities that host them. The digital ID is linked to people’s cash and any relief items that are distributed to them.
Before we detail how events have unfolded in Burkina Faso – from violence to displaced persons to biometrics and digital IDs to early warning systems – it’s worthwhile reminding ourselves how the world shadow government or Supranational Deep State operates.
By doing this and then detailing events in Burkina Faso, we hope to provide sufficient information that readers can use to decide for themselves whether the events in Burkina Faso are a coincidence or part of an orchestrated plan. A plan to displace people using Islamic State and other terrorist groups – and, at times, Burkinabé military – and then force vulnerable populations onto a digital identity system for control purposes.
How the World Shadow Government Operates
Economic Hit Men, Jackals and Military of the World Shadow Government
While he was chief economist for Chas. T. Main, John Perkins said he was an economic hitman for the world shadow government. For 10 years he helped US intelligence agencies and multinational corporations cajole and blackmail foreign leaders into serving US foreign policy and awarding lucrative contracts to American businesses.
In the documentary ‘Zeitgeist: Addendum’ Perkins is recorded in 2008 as saying: “[Economic hit men] are the first line of defence. We go in, we try to corrupt the governments and get them to accept these huge loans which we then use as leverage to basically own them. If we fail … then the second line of defence is: we send in the jackals. And the jackals either overthrow governments or assassinate them.” If that fails then they send in the military, he said.
Read more: Economic Hit Men Are the First Line of Defence for World Shadow Government
In a similar vein, Michael Rivero suggested that “all wars are bankers’ wars,” meaning all wars are fought by and for the private bankers. “I know many people have a great deal of difficulty comprehending just how many wars are started for no other purpose than to force private central banks onto nations,” Michael Rivero wrote in 2016.
