2022 Namsiguia bombing

2022 Namsiguia bombing
2022 Namsiguia bombing
Part of Jihadist insurgency in Burkina Faso
Location	Namssiguia, Bam Province, Burkina Faso
Date	August 9, 2022
Deaths	15 soldiers
Injured	1+
Perpetrator	JNIM or ISGS (alleged by Burkina Faso)

On August 9, 2022, two bombings in Namssiguia, Bam Province, Burkina Faso killed 15 Burkinabe soldiers and injured an unknown number of others.^[3]

Background

Throughout the early 2010s, jihadist movements spread widely throughout the Sahel, and reached Burkina Faso in 2015.^[4] Since then, the Burkinabe government has struggled to hold back both the Islamist insurgents and the tribal warfare and violence, which has escalated since the war's outbreak.^[5] In early 2022, the Burkinabe military under Paul-Henri Damiba overthrew President Roch Kaboré, citing the latter's inability to control the violence as a reason for the coup.^[6] However, jihadist attacks continued in Burkina Faso throughout 2022.^[7]

Bombing

Prior to the bombing, jihadists had raided a nearby village and killed five civilians and five militiamen.^[8] While Burkinabe soldiers were driving in the region, one truck hit a roadside IED, killing several troops. A second explosion went off after another convoy of soldiers arrived on the scene to help the wounded, killing them too.^[9]

References

^ "Twin Blasts Kill 15 Burkina Faso Troops, Army Says".
^ "Burkina Faso: Bomb attack targeting military convoy in Namsiguia, Bam province, leaves 15 people dead Aug. 9".
^ "Burkina Faso: Bomb attack targeting military convoy in Namsiguia, Bam province, leaves 15 people dead Aug. 9". Burkina Faso: Bomb attack targeting military convoy in Namsiguia, Bam province, leaves 15 people dead Aug. 9 | Crisis24. Retrieved 2022-09-07.
^ "Le Burkina, nouvelle terre de l'insurrection islamiste". LEFIGARO (in French). 28 February 2017. Archived from the original on 21 December 2021. Retrieved 21 December 2021.
^ Brandon-Smith, Heather (August 24, 2022). "Zawahiri May Be Gone, but the War on Terror's Failures Remain". Friends Committee On National Legislation. Retrieved 2022-09-07.
^ Paguette, Danielle (January 25, 2022). "With Burkina Faso's coup, military rule expands in West Africa". The Washington Post. Retrieved September 7, 2022.
^ "Mali and Burkina Faso: Did the coups halt jihadist attacks?". BBC News. 2022-07-29. Retrieved 2022-09-07.
^ Ndiaga, Thiam (2022-08-09). "Roadside bomb in northern Burkina Faso kills 15 soldiers". Reuters. Retrieved 2022-09-07.
^ "At least 15 soldiers killed in northern Burkina Faso blasts: Army". www.aljazeera.com. Retrieved 2022-09-07.

[1] "Twin Blasts Kill 15 Burkina Faso Troops, Army Says".

[2] "Burkina Faso: Bomb attack targeting military convoy in Namsiguia, Bam province, leaves 15 people dead Aug. 9".

[3] "Burkina Faso: Bomb attack targeting military convoy in Namsiguia, Bam province, leaves 15 people dead Aug. 9". Burkina Faso: Bomb attack targeting military convoy in Namsiguia, Bam province, leaves 15 people dead Aug. 9 | Crisis24. Retrieved 2022-09-07.

[4] "Le Burkina, nouvelle terre de l'insurrection islamiste". LEFIGARO (in French). 28 February 2017. Archived from the original on 21 December 2021. Retrieved 21 December 2021.

[5] Brandon-Smith, Heather (August 24, 2022). "Zawahiri May Be Gone, but the War on Terror's Failures Remain". Friends Committee On National Legislation. Retrieved 2022-09-07.

[6] Paguette, Danielle (January 25, 2022). "With Burkina Faso's coup, military rule expands in West Africa". The Washington Post. Retrieved September 7, 2022.

[7] "Mali and Burkina Faso: Did the coups halt jihadist attacks?". BBC News. 2022-07-29. Retrieved 2022-09-07.

[8] Ndiaga, Thiam (2022-08-09). "Roadside bomb in northern Burkina Faso kills 15 soldiers". Reuters. Retrieved 2022-09-07.

[9] "At least 15 soldiers killed in northern Burkina Faso blasts: Army". www.aljazeera.com. Retrieved 2022-09-07.

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