Loroni ambush
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| Loroni ambush | |||||||
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| Part of Jihadist insurgency in Burkina Faso | |||||||
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| Belligerents | |||||||
 Burkina Faso |
 Jama'at Nasr al-Islam wal Muslimin | ||||||
| Commanders and leaders | |||||||
| Ouattara Issouf † | Unknown | ||||||
| Strength | |||||||
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10 (Toeni brigade) Unknown (Dedougou reinforcements) | Unknown | ||||||
| Casualties and losses | |||||||
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10 killed 3-8 injured | Unknown | ||||||
On December 27, 2018, jihadists from Jama'at Nasr al-Islam wal-Muslimin attacked Burkinabe soldiers in Loroni, northern Burkina Faso, killing ten soldiers. The attack was the deadliest incident for Burkinabe forces since the Nassoumbou attack in 2016.
Northern Burkina Faso has been embroiled in a jihadist insurgency since 2015, with the Mali-based al-Qaeda affiliate Jama'at Nasr al-Islam wal-Muslimin (JNIM), Niger-based Islamic State in the Greater Sahara, and homegrown Ansarul Islam controlling swathes of territory and attacking civilians and Burkinabe forces.[1] These groups had been expanding throughout Burkina Faso between 2017 and 2018, with attacks on the capital of Ouagadougou killing eight soldiers in March 2018 and Burkinabe forces defeating an Ansarul Islam contingent in Inata in October 2018.[2][3]