source: Facebook
actor1: JNIM: Group for Support of Islam and Muslims
actor2: VDP: Volunteer for Defense of Homeland
location: Petosire
notes: On 17 August 2020, suspected JNIM militants reportedly made an incursion into the village of Thiou (Thiou, Yatenga). Volunteer fighters (VDP) and defense and security forces (FDS) responded to the attack and killed two militants in Petosire (Thiou, Yatenga).