Operation Laabingol | |||||||
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Part of Jihadist insurgency in Burkina Faso | |||||||
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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.