2022 Namsiguia bombing

Terrorist attack

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+[1]
Perpetrator| JNIM or ISGS (alleged by Burkina Faso)[2]

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Islamist insurgency in Burkina Faso

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Terrorist attacks and massacres

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* Solenzo

Inter-government conflict

* January 2022 coup d'état
* September 2022 coup d'état
* 2023 coup attempt

Inter-ethnic conflict

* Fulani-Mossi conflict

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

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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

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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

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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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