source: AFP; Burkina24; Infowakat; Netafrique
actor1: JNIM: Group for Support of Islam and Muslims and/or Islamic State (Greater Sahara)
actor2: Civilians (Burkina Faso)
location: Gorom-Gorom
notes: On March 21, presumed JNIM and /or ISGS militants abducted the mayor of Markoye who is a member of the UPC party and his driver on the axis Gorom Gorom-Markoye (coded as Gorom-Gorom at geoprecision 2). The driver was later released.