The 2017 Ayorou attack occurred on 21 October 2017 when armed militants from the Islamic State in the Greater Sahara attacked a Nigerien military outpost...
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Islamic State in the Greater Sahara militants attacked an outpost of the National Guard of Niger in Ayorou, Niger, killing several soldiers. French and...
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restaurant and hotel in Ouagadougou, Burkina Faso, on 13 August 2017. Police cornered the attackers, who took hostages and then were killed in an ensuing shootout...
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Islamic State in the Greater Sahara of being behind the attack. 21 October 2017 – 2017 Ayorou attack 10 December 2019 – Battle of Inates 9 January 2020 –...
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recent years: In 2016, attacks on a hotel and restaurant killed 30 people, including foreigners; and in 2017, similar attacks killed 19 people, including...
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On 15 January 2016, gunmen armed with heavy weapons attacked the Cappuccino restaurant and the Splendid Hotel in the heart of Ouagadougou, the capital...
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On 16 December 2016, several dozen heavily armed gunmen attacked an army outpost in Nassoumbou, Soum Province, Burkina Faso, about 30 kilometres (18.6...
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Battle of Abala (category Battles in 2017)
The vehicles had been stolen from an earlier raid on Nigerien forces on Ayorou on May 11, leading the Nigerien forces present in Abala to believe that...
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Arbinda massacre (redirect from August 2021 Burkina Faso attack)
August 18, 2021, suspected Islamists attacked a civilian convoy, killing 80. On August 18, 2021, Islamists attacked and civilian convoy as it was being...
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several unidentified gunmen attacked the Israeli embassy in Nouakchott, the capital of Mauritania, in a gun and grenade attack. At 2:20 am local time, between...
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