source: Gulmu Info; Flash Burkina; Infowakat
actor1: JNIM: Group for Support of Islam and Muslims
actor2: Police Forces of Burkina Faso (2015-) Gendarmerie
location: Nassougou
notes: On 18 April 2019, presumed JNIM militants carried out a complex ambush against a vehicle belonging to the University of Fada-N'Gourma escorted by the gendarmerie on the axis of Boungou-Ougarou, about 25km from the Boungou mining site, near Nassougou (Matiacoali, Gourma). The assault was initiated by an IED detonation followed by small arms fire. Assailants were fended off. Three people were wounded.