Islamic State in the Greater Sahara attacked a Burkinabe army outpost in Nassoumbou, Soum Province, Burkina Faso, killing twelve soldiers. The attack was...

Nassoumbou is a department or commune of Soum Province in north-western Burkina Faso. Its capital lies at the town of Nassoumbou. 2016 Nassoumbou attack...

prominence in a press release where they claimed responsibility for the 2016 Nassoumbou attack against the Burkinabe army. In the press release, Dicko called...

Abdoul Salam Dicko Nickname(s) Yéro Born 1972 or 1980 Pétéga or Soboulé, Nassoumbou, Soum Province, Burkina Faso Allegiance Ansarul Islam (2015-present) Rank...

homegrown Burkinabe jihadist group. Ansarul Islam's first attack was in Nassoumbou, killing a dozen Burkinabe soldiers. On the night between November 8 and...

particularly on Soum province and it killed dozens of people in the attack on Nassoumbou on 16 December. Between 27 March – 10 April 2017, the governments of Mali...

December 2016 in a statement claiming responsibility for an attack in Nassoumbou. It was founded and led by Ibrahim Malam Dicko until his death in May...

On 16 December, Ansarul Islam killed dozens of people in the attack on Nassoumbou. On the first of January 2017, an Imam and defect from Asarul Islam was...

Pétéga is a village situated in the Nassoumbou Department in the province of Soum. On March 22, 2017, a leader of Ansar ul Islam, Harouna Dicko, was killed...

disbandment in 2015. One Bastion was destroyed by Ansar ul Islam in the 2016 Nassoumbou attack. In Mali, the 134th Escadron de Reconnaissance (Recce Squadron)...