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May 2022 Madjoari massacre

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43: 69: 76: 50: 217:. The massacre left at least 50 civilians dead as they were attempting to flee a blockade. It was the third attack to take place in Madjoari in May 2022, after an attack on 14 May that killed 17 civilians and another on 19 May that killed 11 soldiers. 267:, which was occupied by jihadists. Witnesses at the scene said that residents were trying to flee the blockaded area after having been deprived of supplies for a week, and that all the dead were men. The wounded were evacuated to 468: 243:
in some parts of the country. Civilians and soldiers in northern and eastern Burkina Faso are regularly attacked by the militants. Over 2,000 people have been killed and 1.8 million displaced. In January 2022,
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in a military coup because of his lack of effort in managing the deteriorating security situation and in combating Islamist insurgents.
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also condemned the killing and reaffirmed Egypt's "full solidarity" with Burkina Faso in its effort to combat the terrorist groups.
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Colonel Hubert Yameogo, the governor of the region, said the massacre was carried out by unidentified suspected jihadists.
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On 25 May 2022, at least 50 civilians were shot dead in
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Massacres of the jihadist insurgency in Burkina Faso
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jihadist insurgency in Burkina Faso
May 2022 Madjoari massacre is located in Burkina Faso
May 2022 Madjoari massacre is located in Africa
Madjoari
Kompienga Province
Burkina Faso
Coordinates
11°28′41″N 01°14′51″E / 11.47806°N 1.24750°E / 11.47806; 1.24750
GMT
UTC±00:00
Mass shooting
massacre
jihadists
Madjoari
Kompienga Province
Burkina Faso
Jihadist insurgency in Burkina Faso
fighting jihadists
Islamic State
al-Qaeda
President
Roch Marc Christian Kaboré
ousted
Madjoari
Diapaga
UN Secretary-General António Guterres
United Nations
Egyptian Foreign Ministry
"Armed assailants kill about 50 people in eastern Burkina Faso"
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