The camel cavalry was exclusively manned by local Somali police officers and literally did the donkey work first by “being on the ground” and most importantly by convincing their fellow natives from ...

A posse of turban-clad soldiers perched on "ships of the desert" may conjure images of the past but Mauritania's camelback cavalry play a vital role in the fight against jihadism today. The Barron's ...

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They are the Meharists, heirs to the camel-riding army units founded back in the time when imperialist France ruled the west African nation, who AFP accompanied on patrol for two days. Kalashnikovs ...