source: Whatsapp; L'Observateur Paalga
actor1: JNIM: Group for Support of Islam and Muslims and/or Islamic State (West Africa) - Greater Sahara Faction
actor2: Military Forces of Burkina Faso (2015-)
location: Damkarko
notes: On 30 December 2020, presumed JNIM or ISGS militants and the Burkinabe army clashed in Damkarko (Bouroum, Namentenga). One soldier was killed and one wounded. The militants seized an AK, and the soldiers seized a motorbike and cell phones.