source: Infowakat; Facebook; Twitter; Sahel Security Alerts; Le Faso; Aujourd8
actor1: JNIM: Group for Support of Islam and Muslims
actor2: Police Forces of Burkina Faso (2015-) Gendarmerie
location: Toeni
notes: On 16 November 2021, JNIM militants ambushed a joint gendarmerie and army patrol in the area of Toeni (Toeni, Sourou). Casualties unknown. JNIM claimed responsibility in an unofficial video showing a vehicle, weapons, and ammo. Burkinabe forces carried out an operation including airstrikes in response to the ambush and wounded a large number of militants (unconfirmed reports suggest that 90 militants were killed).