source: Undisclosed Source; UNHCR; Facebook
actor1: Katiba Macina
actor2: VDP: Volunteer for Defense of Homeland
location: Babo
notes: On 18 May 2021, presumed Katiba Macina or Ansaroul Islam (JNIM) militants attacked a volunteer fighter (VDP) position in the village of Babo (Titao, Loroum). The militants overran the VDP position and took control of the village, killed one VDP fighter (whose corpse according to some reports was found in the village of Guilan), burned houses, a primary school, granaries, and sheds, and seized weapons and tricycles.