source: Facebook; Aujourd8
actor1: Military Forces of Burkina Faso (2015-)
actor2: JNIM: Group for Support of Islam and Muslims and/or Islamic State (West Africa) - Greater Sahara Faction
location: Deou
notes: On 15 December 2021, an army patrol ambushed suspected JNIM or ISWAP (Greater Sahara) militants between Deou (Deou, Oudalan) and Gorom-Gorom (Gorom-Gorom, Oudalan). 18 militants were killed and weapons, motorcycles, and fuel seized by the soldiers.