Operation Laabingol

Operation Laabingol
Part of Jihadist insurgency in Burkina Faso
DateJanuary 16-23, 2022
Location
Result Franco-Burkinabe victory
Belligerents
Burkina Faso
France
Jama'at Nasr al-Islam wal Muslimin
Ansarul Islam
Strength
Several hundred men Unknown
Casualties and losses
1 killed, 2 injured
None
~60 killed or injured

Between January 16 and 23, 2022, French and Burkinabe forces conducted a counter-jihadist operation in and around the cities of Gorom-Gorom and Djibo, both in northern Burkina Faso. The operation was the last major one conducted between French forces and Burkinabe ones before the January 2022 Burkina Faso coup d'état, and several dozen jihadists from Jama'at Nasr al-Islam wal-Muslimin and Ansarul Islam were killed or injured.