Burkina: Operation Barkhane and Burkina Faso

burkina: A resident in a nearby village said planes dropped bombs in the area late Saturday and many jihadists fled by foot, according to The Chronicle Herald. The Burkina Faso-Mali border region has been increasingly unstable. A statement Sunday from Operation Barkhane says soldiers also discovered large amounts of arms, ammunition, rocket launchers and explosives in the Foulsare forest. A group of extremists from Burkina Faso who are ethnic Peul have been launching attacks this year in the border region against Burkina Faso forces. Byline, Source Byline, Source Baba Ahmed, The Associated Press More than 3,500 French soldiers are in Mali, Niger, Chad, Burkina Faso and Mauritania as part of Operation Barkhane. (www.immigrantscanada.com). As reported in the news.