They kept that quiet.

OPERATION Flintlock has begun. American special forces have been descending on Burkina Faso, Mali, Mauritania and Senegal in a joint exercise, expected to last another week or so, to combat Islamist terrorism in the region. It is the latest stage of an evolving partnership between America and much of west Africa.

They should probably be wary about that, given what US Special Forces did to Somalia in the name of “Islamic terrorism”.