2022 Namsiguia bombing

Throughout the early 2010s, jihadist movements spread widely throughout the Sahel, and reached Burkina Faso in 2015.^[4] Since then, the Burkinabe government has struggled to hold back both the Islamist insurgents and the tribal warfare and violence, which has escalated since the war's outbreak.^[5] In early 2022, the Burkinabe military under Paul-Henri Damiba overthrew President Roch Kaboré, citing the latter's inability to control the violence as a reason for the coup.^[6] However, jihadist attacks continued in Burkina Faso throughout 2022.^[7]

Prior to the bombing, jihadists had raided a nearby village and killed five civilians and five militiamen.^[8] While Burkinabe soldiers were driving in the region, one truck hit a roadside IED, killing several troops. A second explosion went off after another convoy of soldiers arrived on the scene to help the wounded, killing them too.^[9]