source: Le Pays; Twitter; AIB (Burkina Faso); Menastream; AP; Actu Burkina; L'Observateur Paalga; Undisclosed Source; Wakat Sera; Infowakat; Le Faso
actor1: JNIM: Group for Support of Islam and Muslims
actor2: VDP: Volunteer for Defense of Homeland
location: You
notes: On 23 December 2021, JNIM militants ambushed a volunteer fighter (VDP) convoy escorting merchants near the village of You (Titao, Loroum). The militants killed 41 VDPs including the Loroum VDP leader, wounded a dozen others, and burned tricycles and a truck. JNIM claimed responsibility in an unofficial video showing weapons and motorcycles seized, and said that the group killed 36 VDPs.