ADF STAFF Security experts have warned for several years that the extremist violence engulfing the Sahel inevitably would spread south…
Browsing: Burkina Faso
ADF STAFF Lt. Col. Paul-Henri Sandaogo Damiba sat silently wearing a red beret and a stern expression in the Ouagadougou…
ADF STAFF In a West African region known for the proliferation of violent extremist organizations, Mauritania stands out for its…
ADF STAFF The Russian invasion of Ukraine has set off a cascade of food shortages across many parts of Africa.…
ADF STAFF The scene has played out repeatedly across the Sahel in recent years: A group of military officers take…
ADF STAFF The news that a junta had overthrown Burkinabe President Roch Marc Christian Kaboré, the only democratically elected head…
ADF STAFF As a crowd of more than 1,000 people gathered in Ouagadougou’s national square after the announcement of a…
ADF STAFF As Sahel-based terror groups push south, some West African nations have joined forces to push back. Burkina Faso,…
ADF STAFF During the four centuries of its rule, the Mali Empire was known around the world for its fabulous…
ADF STAFF Nigerien forces recently received special training in river-based patrolling on the Niger River. The training by a mobile…