April 2022 Namissiguima attack | |||||||
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Part of Jihadist insurgency in Burkina Faso | |||||||
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Belligerents | |||||||
Burkina Faso | Jama'at Nasr al-Islam wal Muslimin | ||||||
Strength | |||||||
Unknown | 40 | ||||||
Casualties and losses | |||||||
16 killed
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On April 8, 2022, jihadists from Jama'at Nasr al-Islam wal-Muslimin ambushed a Burkinabe military base near the town of Namissiguima, in Sanmatenga Province, Burkina Faso.