counterinsurgency

The reality is very different, according to Ms Ochieng, who explained that Burkina Faso and its neighbours need quick cash to fund counterinsurgency campaigns.

After all, insurgent organizations need to be combated through counterinsurgency, not counterterrorism.

He later deployed to Afghanistan as a counterinsurgency instructor in Kabul.

A US military base located in Kenya’s coastal county of Lamu has been the backbone of those counterinsurgency operations.

“Look, we have painful experience in counterinsurgency campaigns fighting terrorists in urban environments, in populated areas,” said Sullivan, referring to long U.S. wars in Iraq and Afghanistan.