source: Le Faso; Signal; Twitter; Savane FM; Wakat Sera; AIB (Burkina Faso); Actu Burkina; Undisclosed Source; Aujourd8; Infowakat; L'Observateur Paalga
actor1: JNIM: Group for Support of Islam and Muslims and/or Islamic State (West Africa) - Greater Sahara Faction
actor2: Civilians (Burkina Faso)
location: Ankouna
notes: On 5 January 2022, presumed ISWAP (Greater Sahara) or JNIM militants attacked the village of Ankouna (Pensa, Sanmatenga). 11 male merchants were killed, one wounded, and the market set ablaze.