VDP) is an armed self-defense group in Burkina Faso created to fight jihadist insurgents.

[4] On November 7, 2019, following a jihadist attack on a mining convoy, the president of Burkina Faso called for the creation of a civilian self-defense force.

On January 21, 2020,[5] the parliament of Burkina Faso passed a law establishing the Volunteers for the Defense of the Homeland.

[7] Members of the VDP have been accused of the murder of 19 men near Manja Hien in February 2020, and attacks on Peuhle villages in Yatenga, in which 43 people were killed.

[11] The VDP was possibly grouped into the Burkina Faso Armed Forces, or legitimized into the government, as referenced by Ibrahim Traoré.