source: Burkina24; Xinhua; L'Observateur Paalga; AFP; AIB (Burkina Faso)
actor1: JNIM: Group for Support of Islam and Muslims
actor2: Police Forces of Burkina Faso (2015-)
location: Pissila
notes: On 24 February 2020, presumed JNIM militants ambushed a police patrol between Pissila and Guibga (Pissila, Sanmatenga). The militants killed three policemen and one volunteer fighter, and wounded five others.