BURKINA FASO: COUNTERING THE SPREAD OF ISLAMIST MILITANCY

   Thu, 14 March 2019

Burkina Faso has experienced an alarming increase in the geographic spread, tempo, and complexity of attacks by Islamist militants in the past year. This trajectory of violence, in a country which appeared only five years ago to be insulated from wider regional security issues, is concerning, as the local political and security apparatus seem ill-equipped to counter the threat.