Operation Bourgou IV

Operation Bourgou IV
Part of Jihadist insurgency in Burkina Faso
DateNovember 1-17, 2019
Location
Tofagala Forest, Burkina Faso and Boulikessi, Mali
Result French-G5 Sahel victory
Belligerents

G5 Sahel

France
Jama'at Nasr al-Islam wal Muslimin
Ansarul Islam
Islamic State in the Greater Sahara
Strength

1,400 troops

  • 800 Sahelien troops
  • 600 French 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.