source: Le Faso; Whatsapp
actor1: JNIM: Group for Support of Islam and Muslims and/or Islamic State (West Africa) - Greater Sahara Faction
actor2: Civilians (Burkina Faso)
location: Gaskinde
notes: On 29 August 2020, suspected JNIM militants abducted an employee of the ministry of social action in the area of Gaskinde (Pobe-Mengao, Soum). The individual abducted was released on August 30.