Siege of Madjoari

Siege of Madjoari
Part of Jihadist insurgency in Burkina Faso
Date February 2021 - May 25, 2022 Location Madjoari, Kompienga Province, Burkina Faso Result Jihadist victory Madjoari falls under jihadist control after offensive in late May May 2022 Madjoari massacre
Belligerents
Burkina Faso Burkina Faso Armed Forces Volunteers for the Defense of the Homeland	Ansarul Islam Jama'at Nasr al-Islam wal Muslimin
Casualties and losses
12+ killed 22+ injured	15 killed (May 19 attack only, per Burkina Faso) 70+ killed (May 19 attack only, per survivor)
77+ killed 50+ missing 15,000+ displaced (100% of Madjoari)

The siege of Madjoari began in February 2021 and lasted until May 25, 2022, as part of the jihadist insurgency in Burkina Faso. Jihadists from Ansarul Islam and Jama'at Nasr al-Islam wal-Muslimin began attacking the city, controlled by Burkinabe forces and the pro-government Volunteers for the Defense of the Homeland (VDP), and ambushed Burkinabe troops and cut off supply lines. Civilians in Madjoari starved, and almost all of them fled to elsewhere in Burkina Faso or to Benin. In May 2022, as the siege came to an end, the jihadists overran the Burkinabe military base and then massacred over fifty civilians fleeing in the May 2022 Madjoari massacre.