Bourasso and Namissiguima massacres

Around 5 pm on July 3, 2022, militants from Islamic State in the Greater Sahara (ISGS) entered the town of Bourasso, firing in the air and leaving shortly after.^[9][10] They returned later that night, threatening churchgoers and prompting arguments and confrontations in front of the local church.^[9] Passerby joined these arguments, as this instance was not the first time ISGS militants had entered Bourasso.^[9] ISGS then fired on civilians in front of the church, immediately killing 14.^[9] They then headed for the center of the village, killing another 20 inhabitants according to the local priest.^[9] Survivors of the massacre allege the death toll is over thirty, although the diocese of Nouna announced an official count of 22 dead.^[10][9] The governor of Boucle du Mouhoun region where Bourasso is located, Babo Pierre Bassinga, corroborated the death toll of 22 and claimed the wounded were sent to hospitals in Nouna and Dédougou.^[11]

On July 2, 2022, an attack on Namissiguima in Yatenga Province killed around a dozen people.^[12][13] In the attack, the Burkinabe government stated that six VDP civilian militiamen were killed, along with three civilians, although an anonymous local security source claimed the death toll was around twelve.^[14][15] Following the attack, the Burkinabe government claimed to have clashed with the perpetrators near Barga-Mossi, Burkina Faso, killing seven jihadists and wounding an unknown amount more.^[16]