| Singou massacre | |
|---|---|
| Part of the Siege of Madjoari of the jihadist insurgency in Burkina Faso | |
  Singou massacre (Burkina Faso) | |
| Location | Singou, Kompienga Province, Burkina Faso |
| Coordinates | 11°28′41″N 01°14′51″E / 11.47806°N 1.24750°E |
| Date | 25 May 2022 |
| Target | Men fleeing Madjoari and Tabarga |
| Deaths | 50+ |
| Injured | Unknown |
| Perpetrators |  Ansarul Islam and Jama'at Nasr al-Islam wal Muslimin |
| Motive | Revenge for a heavy death toll during an attack on the military base in Madjoari a week prior |
On 25 May 2022, jihadists from Ansarul Islam or Jama'at Nasr al-Islam wal-Muslimin attacked civilians fleeing the towns of Madjoari and Tabarga, Kompienga Province, Burkina Faso during the siege of Madjoari. The jihadists intercepted the refugees near the town of Singou, and separated the men from the women, elderly, and children.[1] Over fifty civilians were executed by the jihadists, and fifty more were alleged to be missing.[2] The massacre was the culmination of an offensive that began several weeks prior, with jihadists killing seventeen civilians in Madjoari on May 14 and overrunning the Burkinabe base in the town on May 19.[3][4]
- ^ ""Death was slowly creeping on us"" (PDF). Amnesty International. July 2023. Retrieved 26 September 2024.
- ^ "Au Burkina Faso, l'étau djihadiste se resserre autour de la junte" (in French). 3 June 2022. Retrieved 26 September 2024.
- ^ "Armed assailants kill about 50 people in eastern Burkina Faso". Reuters. 26 May 2022. Archived from the original on 27 May 2022. Retrieved 29 May 2022.
- ^ Pauvarel, Camille (27 May 2022). "Attaque dans l'est du Burkina Faso : au moins 50 morts". euronews (in French). Archived from the original on 27 May 2022. Retrieved 29 May 2022.