Burkina Faso Ends Foreign Armoured Vehicle Orders As Traoré Pushes Domestic Defence Manufacturing
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‘NANGA’ ARMOURED FLEET MARKS LATEST STEP IN OUAGADOUGOU’S DRIVE FOR MILITARY SELF-RELIANCE Burkina Faso’s transitional President, Captain Ibrahim Traoré, says the country will stop ordering armoured vehicles from foreign suppliers as it expands efforts to manufacture military equipment domestically. The announcement came as Burkina Faso unveiled a first fleet of locally produced “Nanga” armoured vehicles, […]