source: C4Defence; Fasozine; Ouaga Flash Info; Radio Omega; Infowakat; AIB (Burkina Faso); Sidwaya
actor1: Military Forces of Burkina Faso (2015-)
actor2: Katiba Macina
location: Alidougou
notes: Around 17 May 2020 (between 12 - 21 May), Burkinabe and Ivorian military forces conducted joint air-ground operations along the common borders around the Comoe River, a militant base was dismantled near Alidougou (Mangodara, Comoe), one presumed Katiba Macina (JNIM) militant was killed and one Burkinabe soldier wounded. The joint force seized and weapons, motorbikes, supplies, and equipment. Burkinabe forces arrested 24 suspects and Ivorian forces arrested 14.