source: Ouaga24; Wakat Sera; Aujourd8; Xinhua; Sidwaya; Radio Omega; AIB (Burkina Faso); PANAPRESS; AFP; Fasozine; Burkina24; Whatsapp; L'Observateur Paalga; Faso Nord; Sahel Security Alerts; Le Faso
actor1: Police Forces of Burkina Faso (2015-) Gendarmerie
actor2: JNIM: Group for Support of Islam and Muslims
location: Waribere
notes: On 19 May 2020, presumed JNIM militants ambushed a joint gendarmerie and volunteer fighter (VDP) force in the area of Waribere, killed two gendarmes and wounded three others. The gendarmerie and the army defence staff said in separate statements that two militant bases were destroyed in the same area, and that 47 militants were killed, and arms, ammunition, motorbikes, fuel, and drugs seized. The figures could not be independently verified.