Operation Barkhane: Burkina Faso

operation barkhane: 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, according to Brandon Sun. More than 3,500 French soldiers are in Mali, Niger, Chad, Burkina Faso and Mauritania as part of Operation Barkhane. The Burkina Faso-Mali border region has been increasingly unstable. (www.immigrantscanada.com). As reported in the news.