BANFORA, Burkina Faso (AP) Florent Coulibaly, a soldier in Burkina Faso’s army, says he hasn't been sleeping well for the past few months as he is often roused at 3 a.m. to fight jihadi rebels. Until recently life was peaceful in western Burkina Faso’s Comoe province, but an increase in attacks by extremist groups in the country’s west has put the military on edge.
Florent Coulibaly, a soldier in Burkina Faso’s army, says he hasn t been sleeping well for the past few months as he is often roused at 3am to fight jihadi rebels.
Until recently life was peaceful in western Burkina Faso’s Comoe province, but an increase in attacks by extremist groups in the country’s west has put the military on edge.
“It tires us. It gives us a lot of work. It scares us, too,” said Coulibaly, 27. “We don’t know where [the jihadis] are going to come from. They see us, but we don’t see them. They know us, but we don’t know them.”
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BANFORA, Burkina Faso
Florent Coulibaly, a soldier in Burkina Faso’s army, says he hasn’t been sleeping well for the past few months as he is often roused at 3 a.m. to fight jihadi rebels.
Until recently life was peaceful in western Burkina Faso’s Comoe province, but an increase in attacks by extremist groups in the country’s west has put the military on edge.
“It tires us. It gives us a lot of work. It scares us, too,” said Coulibaly, 27. “We don’t know where (the jihadis) are going to come from. They see us, but we don’t see them. They know us, but we don’t know them.”
Sam Mednick
Children play on a water pump in an internally displaced camp in Gaoa, Burkina Faso, April 22, 2021. Until recently life was peaceful in western Burkina Faso s Comoe province, but an increase in attacks by extremist groups in the country s west has put the military on edge. Burkina Faso is experiencing an increase in extremist violence by groups linked to al-Qaida and the Islamic State.(AP Photo/Sam Mednick) July 17, 2021 - 12:55 AM
BANFORA, Burkina Faso (AP) â Florent Coulibaly, a soldier in Burkina Fasoâs army, says he hasn t been sleeping well for the past few months as he is often roused at 3 a.m. to fight jihadi rebels.