MURDER, POLITICS, AND THE END OF THE JAZZ AGE
by Michael Wolraich
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MURDER, POLITICS, AND THE END OF THE JAZZ AGE by Michael Wolraich Order today at Barnes & Noble / Amazon / Books-A-Million / Bookshop |
Burkina Faso once looked like a success story for U.S. military aid. But now it’s contending with a growing insurgency, an unfolding humanitarian crisis — and a security force targeting civilians.
By NickTurse @ NYTimes Magazine, Oct. 15
Caption: Women waiting for food distribution at a camp for people displaced by violence in the town of Barsalogho in northern Burkina Faso in March 2020.Credit...Finbarr O'Reilly for The New York Times
Comments
I spent a month in Cameroon. The countries of that region seem a bit analogous to India and Pakistan - a bunch of fairly stable traditionalist cultures located right next to a huge Muslim majority state that provides rationale for beefed up military.
by Orion on Mon, 10/19/2020 - 7:39am