source: Burkina24; Undisclosed Source; Infowakat; Aujourd8; Sahel Security Alerts; L'Observateur Paalga; AIB (Burkina Faso)
actor1: JNIM: Group for Support of Islam and Muslims
actor2: Police Forces of Burkina Faso (2015-) Gendarmerie
location: Gorbale
notes: On 31 August 2021, suspected JNIM militants attacked a mining company convoy escorted by gendarmes near the village of Gorbale (Yalgo, Namentenga). Gendarmes repelled the attack. Three militants were killed and weapons seized and one gendarme wounded.