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militias called Koglweogos, backed by the Burkinabe government, and Fulani civilians alleged to be sympathetic or involved with jihadist groups active in the area. Gendarmes in Arbinda were responsible for the killing of 116 men, most of whom were Fulani, between mid-2018 and February 2019. Between
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launching airstrikes, repelling the attack. However, the jihadists had massacred dozens of civilians, mostly women and internally displaced refugees. The rationale for the killings was not immediately known, although it could've been a reprisal for the killings of Fulani months prior.
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Fighting in Arbinda began at 6am on December 24, 2019. Burkinabe officials stated that a "significant number of terrorists" carried out the attack, with the jihadists simultaneously attacking the Burkinabe military base and the town of Arbinda itself.
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along with the town of Arbinda itself. The attack was halted due to French and Burkinabe air intervention, although 35 civilians were killed in the jihadists' massacre. The Arbinda attack was the deadliest incident in the
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near Arbinda, killing twenty gold miners. A second attack on Arbinda on November 20 was repelled by Burkinabe forces, killing at least eighteen jihadists and only one gendarme.
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militias left 62 people dead in Arbinda. The Burkinabe government claimed that the clashes involved "terrorists." On June 9, nineteen more civilians were killed in Arbinda.
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into the military base. Clashes between the jihadists and soldiers lasted for two to three hours and was unusually intense. The battle was interrupted by a Burkinabe
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ISGS stated that they had killed seven Burkinabe soldiers, but did not mention the massacred civilians.
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The Burkinabe government announced two days of national mourning beginning on December 25. President
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On December 24, the Burkinabe government assessed that seven Burkinabe fighters were killed; four
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reported that around 200 jihadists participated in the attack, although a Burkinabe official told
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condemned the barbarity of the attack, and praised the gendarmes. Secretary-General of the UN
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March 31 and April 2, 2019, inter-ethnic clashes between Mossi militias, Fulani militias, and
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The town of Arbinda in northern Burkina Faso was the site of various violent attacks between
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Revendication de l'EI sur l'attaque au Burkina Faso : l'éclairage de Wassim Nasr
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were the main suspects. The latter claimed responsibility on December 27, 2019.
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stated that the Burkinabe claim of 80 killed was likely an exaggeration.
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that 300 men participated. Many of the attackers were Fulani.
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Burkina Faso: Many women killed in suspected jihadist attack
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Battles involving the Islamic State in the Greater Sahara
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Arbinda attack
Jihadist insurgency in Burkina Faso
Arbinda
Soum Province
Burkina Faso
14°13′45″N 0°51′48″W / 14.22917°N 0.86333°W / 14.22917; -0.86333
Burkina Faso
Islamic State
Islamic State in the Greater Sahara
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Jihadist insurgency in Burkina Faso
Samorogouan
Intangom
Nassoumbou
Ariel
1st Inata
Loroni
Gorom-Gorom
Koutougou
Bourgou IV
1st Arbinda
Madjoari
Markoye Department
Dounkoun
Boukouma
2nd Inata
Titao
Laabingol

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