Operation Bourgou IV | |||||||
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Part of Jihadist insurgency in Burkina Faso | |||||||
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Belligerents | |||||||
France |
Jama'at Nasr al-Islam wal Muslimin Ansarul Islam Islamic State in the Greater Sahara | ||||||
Strength | |||||||
1,400 troops
| ~500 (Tofagala Forest alone) | ||||||
Casualties and losses | |||||||
2 killed No other casualties |
25 jihadists killed or captured 64 motorcycles destroyed |
Between November 1 and 17, 2019, French and G5 Sahel troops conducted an operation against the jihadist groups of Jama'at Nasr al-Islam wal-Muslimin, Ansarul Islam, and the Islamic State in the Greater Sahara in Boulikessi, Déou, and Boula along the Malian and Burkinabe borders.