According to France 24, the border between Ivory Coast and Burkina Faso is experiencing escalating tensions. While the region has contended with jihadist movements spreading from the Sahel, a new danger has surfaced: the VDPs, or Volunteers for the Defence of the Homeland. These auxiliary forces supporting Burkina Faso's military are becoming an additional flashpoint for instability in an already volatile frontier.

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