Awkwardly, it was Burkina Faso's 36-year-old President Ibrahim Traore ... with a pistol firmly holstered to his waist and red a beret to cap it all, the continent's youngest president, like ...

The three countries led by military regimes formally notified ECOWAS of their desire for “immediate” withdrawal. But the texts of the West African organisation required one year’s notice for it ...

At the graduation from the course, her father, Itzik, presented her with Amit's beret and the two burst into tears. "Amit's beret is now yours - wear it with pride," the father said.

The junta-led countries of Burkina Faso, Mali and Niger have announced a new joint military force to combat jihadist groups ...

Wearing the distinctive Green Beret of the Special Forces, Lieutenant Martin was one of more than 200 soldiers who represented the John F. Kennedy Center for Special Warfare in the parade.

Women would be accepted as “Army Rangers and Green Berets, Navy SEALs, Marine Corps infantry,” among other demanding roles previously open only to men. As for physical standards, those would ...

Nick Freitas, losing by a wide margin with only 38% of the vote. Freitas, a Green Beret combat veteran who lives in Culpeper County, already has a commanding lead in fundraising: $39,443 to ...

Experts dubbed those countries a “coup belt.” Among others, that belt includes Burkina Faso. Russia and the juntas frame the anti-West glissade as a start of decolonization processes leading ...

Burkina Faso is a west African dryland country known for its diverse ecosystems, including savannas, forests and wetlands.

Three Ghanaians have told the BBC of their involvement in the fighting between Islamist insurgents and the military in ...

02/04/2025 February 4, 2025 The military-led governments of Niger, Mali, and Burkina Faso have officially left ECOWAS. We look at what led to the fallout, how ECOWAS tried to get them back, and ...