2022 Natiaboani ambush

2022 Natiaboani ambush
Part of the Jihadist insurgency in Burkina Faso
DateMarch 20, 2022
Location
Result

Inconclusive

  • Jihadists successfully ambush Burkinabe troops
  • Burkinabe forces capture the area days later
Belligerents
Burkina Faso

Unknown jihadists

Casualties and losses
13 killed
8 injured
Several "neutralized" (per Burkinabe Army)[1]

On March 20, 2022, unknown jihadists ambushed Burkinabe soldiers in Natiaboani, Gourma Province, Burkina Faso, killing thirteen soldiers and an unknown number of jihadists.