source: Burkina24; Le Faso; Whatsapp; Infowakat
actor1: JNIM: Group for Support of Islam and Muslims and/or Islamic State (West Africa) - Greater Sahara Faction
actor2: VDP: Volunteer for Defense of Homeland
location: Natiaboani
notes: On 16 June 2020, presumed JNIM or ISWAP (Greater Sahara) militants ambushed and killed two volunteer fighters (VDP) in the area of Yipena, west of Natiaboani (Fada Ngourma, Gourma). The Burkinabe army carried out a raking operation and killed one militant.