Burkina Faso: Terrorists are retreating, and life is returning to normal in the liberated areas
Official reports confirm it: The defense forces of Burkina Faso are gaining ground. Day after day, areas that were under terrorist control are coming back under state authority. Roads that were too dangerous for too long are being used once again. Escort convoys are operating regularly. Supplies are reaching localities that once lived in isolation. Life is returning.
On the ground, the approach is simple: strike hard, strike often. The defense and security forces (FDS) and the Volunteers for the Defense of the Homeland (VDP) coordinate their offensives.
Multiple fronts are opened simultaneously. The terrorists, caught off guard, no longer know which way to turn.
Their losses are mounting. Their capacity to cause harm is melting away like snow in the sun.
Behind these operations lies a strategy. Regaining control is one thing; holding onto it is another.
That is why secure escorts are now routine. People can move about, traders can stock their shops, farmers can reach their fields. The economy, which had ground to a halt in some areas, is beginning to beat again.
The results are measured not only by the number of terrorists neutralized. They are visible in the eyes of residents who dare to go out again.
They are heard in the sound of motorcycles traveling on roads that were impassable until recently. They are counted in tons of goods arriving where no one dared venture before.
The people, who long doubted, are starting to believe that peace is possible. In the liberated areas, people are breathing once again.
