source: L'Observateur Paalga; RTB; Infowakat; Radio Omega
actor1: JNIM: Group for Support of Islam and Muslims
actor2: Police Forces of Burkina Faso (2015-) Gendarmerie
location: Nassougou
notes: On 11 August 2018, presumed JNIM militants carried out a complex ambush against gendarmes escorting employees of the mining company Semafo on the road between Ougarou and Boungou, near Nassougou (Matiacoali, Gourma). The attack was initiated with an IED detonation followed by small arms fire, five gendarmes and two civilians were killed in the attack.