Burkina Faso has agreed to a counter-terrorism Training offer from Germany after the capital Ouagadougou was attacked late Sunday night resulting in the death of 18 people.
A top German official disclosed the training deal after a meeting with Burkina Faso President Roch Marc Kabore on Wednesday, Bloomberg news reports.
“Germany is engaged in Mali in the training of its forces, and we decided to enlarge it to the Burkinabe and they accepted,” Parliamentary State Secretary in the German Defense Ministry, Ralf Brauksiepe, said.
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