2020年8月11日 · Take Burkina Faso, where US special operations units have trained Burkinabe security forces in countering improvised explosive devices, and advised them ahead of counter-terrorism operations. In July, a Human Rights Watch report implicated Burkinabe soldiers in mass killings in the northern town of Djibo — and this is not the first time they ...

The Burkina Faso Armed Forces (French: Forces armées du Burkina Faso) are the military of Burkina Faso. The service branches of the armed forces include its Army, Air Force, National Gendarmerie and People's Militia. Being a landlocked country, Burkina Faso has no navy.

2019年3月2日 · US troops were on hand this week to help oversee a large-scale training exercise in Burkina Faso, where local forces were drilled on how to cope with an attack that could potentially target...

The U.S. Army soldiers deployed to Burkina Faso are taking swift action to help their partners increase morale, and by default survivability in combat, by establishing a resiliency program. However, the plan, which includes sending counselors and Chaplains to the remote bases, was in jeopardy due to the COVID-19 pandemic.

2020年8月11日 · Last year, before embarking on Operation Otapoanu ― a Burkinabe military operation in the east aimed at dislodging jihadists ― a four-man US Special Operations forces team trained 15 Burkinabe security forces for one week, on counter-IED operations and first aid before a mission, he said.

On May 9, 2019, French special operations forces conducted an operation in Gorom-Gorom, northern Burkina Faso to rescue two hostages kidnapped by the Islamic State in the Greater Sahara in Pendjari National Park, Benin. The operation successfully freed four hostages, including two French nationals, a South Korean, and an American.

2023年11月28日 · Since 2015, Burkina Faso has been grappling with jihadist insurgency that spread into the country from neighboring Mali. In response to a string of terrorist assaults in April 2023, the Burkinabe officials issued a nationwide call for general mobilization.

2023年1月23日 · Burkina Faso has decided to end a military accord that allowed French troops to fight armed groups in the country, the government has said. Burkinabe authorities want France to pull its troops...

2024年10月22日 · Burkina Faso has welcomed a partnership with the Riyadh-based Islamic Military Counter Terrorism Coalition to tackle the growing threat of al-Qaeda and ISIS in the Sahel. The plan includes training its special forces to fight terrorism.

US troops were on hand this week to help oversee a large-scale training exercise in Burkina Faso, where local forces were drilled on how to cope with an attack that could potentially target thousands of fans.