Flintlock is a US-supported military exercise held and led by an African nation every year since 2005. Hosted this year by Burkina Faso. 2,000 military are participating in the Flintlock 2019 bringing ogether troops from the G5 Sahel – Burkina Faso, Mauritania, Mali, Niger and Chad – as well as other African countries.
The US government has about 7,200 personnel in Africa. Of this number, 1,300 Special Forces operate roughly in a dozen countries on the continent. The US government invests €87 million ($100 million) annually in economic development projects to Burkina Faso with an additional €26 million ($30 million) for security.
It's "mostly poverty and lack of good education" why many in the region join terrorist groups, said Burkinabe Lieutenant Colonel Coulibaly Kanou.
The US government has about 7,200 personnel in Africa. Of this number, 1,300 Special Forces operate roughly in a dozen countries on the continent. The US government invests €87 million ($100 million) annually in economic development projects to Burkina Faso with an additional €26 million ($30 million) for security.
It's "mostly poverty and lack of good education" why many in the region join terrorist groups, said Burkinabe Lieutenant Colonel Coulibaly Kanou.
Terrorist attacks in Burkina Faso
• September 15, 2018: Nine civilians killed in two terrorist attacks in the east
• August 28, 2018: Seven soldiers killed near Fada N'Gourma
• August 11, 2018: Six people killed some 100 km away from Fada N'Gourma
• March 2018: 16 people died at the French Embassy and the Army headquarters
• August 2017: 19 people killed at the Aziz Istanbul restaurant in Ouagadougou
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