source: Sahel Security Alerts; Signal; Undisclosed Source; AFP; Twitter; Infowakat; L'Observateur Paalga
actor1: Islamic State (West Africa) - Greater Sahara Faction
actor2: Military Forces of Burkina Faso (2015-)
location: Goungam
notes: On 11 January 2022, presumed ISWAP (Greater Sahara) militants carried out a complex ambush by IED detonation and small arms fire against a Burkinabe army unit in the village of Goungam (Markoye, Oudalan). Five soldiers were killed, two went missing, and two armored vehicles destroyed. ISWAP (Greater Sahara) claimed responsibility with an unofficial photoset.