source: AFP; L'Evenement Niger; RFI; Secteur 4 Force Multinationale Mixte Diffa; GardaWorld; Jeunesse Diffa; Undisclosed Source; ANP (Niger); Actu (Niger)
actor1: Boko Haram - Jamaatu Ahli is-Sunnah lid-Dawati wal-Jihad
actor2: Military Forces of Niger (2021-)
location: Baroua Gana
notes: On 24 August 2021, overnight suspected Boko Haram (JAS/Bakura Faction) militants attacked a Nigerien military position in the town of Baroua Gana (N'Guigmi, Diffa). As a result, 16 soldiers and 1 civilian were killed and 9 soldiers wounded. Between 43 and 53 militants were killed and weapons recovered according to MNJTF. Conservative estimate of 60 fatalities coded.