March 2023 Aorema massacre
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LocationAorema, Ouahigouya Department, Yatenga Province, Burkina Faso
DateMarch 2, 2023
Deaths14
Perpetrator
Jama'at Nasr al-Islam wal Muslimin
Jama'at Nasr al-Islam wal Muslimin| March 2023 Aorema massacre | |
|---|---|
| Part of Jihadist insurgency in Burkina Faso | |
| Location | Aorema, Ouahigouya Department, Yatenga Province, Burkina Faso |
| Date | March 2, 2023 |
| Deaths | 14 |
| Perpetrator | Jama'at Nasr al-Islam wal Muslimin |
On March 2, 2023, jihadists from Jama'at Nasr al-Islam wal-Muslimin (JNIM) attacked the village of Aorema, Yatenga Province, Burkina Faso. They killed fourteen civilians.
Much of northern Burkina Faso has been the frontline of an insurgency waged by Jama'at Nasr al-Islam wal-Muslimin and the Islamic State in the Greater Sahara since 2015, with these groups intensifying their attacks on civilians seen as sympathetic to the government since 2019.[1] These jihadist groups had been known to invade Aorema multiple times over the past few years demanding zakat and that the youth not enter restaurants.[2]