Siege of Madjoari | |||||||
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Part of Jihadist insurgency in Burkina Faso | |||||||
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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.