source: Undisclosed Source; Infowakat; Sahel Security Alerts; AIB (Burkina Faso); Wakat Sera; Reuters; MinuteBf; GardaWorld; Sidwaya; L'Observateur Paalga; AFP; Radio Omega
actor1: Islamic State (West Africa) - Greater Sahara Faction
actor2: Civilians (Burkina Faso)
location: Alkoma
notes: On 29 October 2021, suspected ISWAP (Greater Sahara) militants attacked a convoy carrying local employees of a Canadian mining company in the village of Alkoma (Falagountou, Seno). The thirty-three employees were removed from transport buses before the assailants burned three buses and one supply truck. Six employees were lightly wounded, and two went missing, but were respectively found safe and sound on 30 and 31 October.