• On 3 May 2021, Islamic militants attacked Kodyel, a village in Foutouri, Burkina Faso. The attack left at least 30 people dead and another 20 injured....
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  • This is a list of terrorist incidents in 2021, including attacks by violent non-state actors for political motives. Note that terrorism related to drug...
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    soldiers dead, six injured, and one missing. May 3 – Kodyel attack: jihadists attacked the village of Kodyel, Burkina Faso, killing 30 and injuring 20. May...
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    of communal frustration over the lack of economic development. Recent attacks have concentrated in the Hauts-Bassins, Boucle du Mouhoun, Nord, Sahel...
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    Faso's military. In the aftermath of the 2011 Libyan Civil War, militant attacks have increased due to a large influx of weapons and fighters into the region...
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    it was a deliberate attack. A 24-year-old man named Niser bin Muhammad Nasr Nawar was the suicide bomber, who carried out the attack with the aid of a relative...
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    On 15 January 2016, gunmen armed with heavy weapons attacked the Cappuccino restaurant and the Splendid Hotel in the heart of Ouagadougou, the capital...
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  • several unidentified gunmen attacked the Israeli embassy in Nouakchott, the capital of Mauritania, in a gun and grenade attack. At 2:20 am local time, between...
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  • Ouagadougou was also the site of a similar attack in 2016, which took place in the same district as the 2017 attack. Later that year, the region was struck...
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  • August 18, 2021, suspected Islamists attacked a civilian convoy, killing 80. On August 18, 2021, Islamists attacked and civilian convoy as it was being...
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    In Amenas hostage crisis (category Attacks on buildings and structures in Algeria)
    Algeria. One of Belmokhtar's senior lieutenants, Abdul al Nigeri, led the attack and was among the terrorists killed. After four days, the Algerian special...
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  • 2007 killing of French tourists in Mauritania (category Attacks on tourists in Africa)
    December 2007. The attack happened near Aleg, 250 km east of the capital Nouakchott. The victims, five French tourists on holiday, were attacked while they were...
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    2009 Nouakchott suicide bombing (category Attacks on diplomatic missions of France)
    Mauritania. The bombing killed the perpetrator and wounded three people. The attack occurred three weeks after Mohamed Ould Abdel Aziz had claimed victory in...
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    beginning with an attack on a gendarmerie by alleged Boko Haram members. Between August 2015 and October 2016, seven different posts were attacked across the...
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  • JNIM and affiliated groups began attacking VDP and civilians sympathetic to the government in deadly attacks in Kodyel, Mansila, and national parks, culminating...
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    Solhan and Tadaryat massacres (category Marketplace attacks in Burkina Faso)
    On 4 and 5 June 2021, insurgents attacked the Solhan and Tadaryat villages in the Yagha Province of Burkina Faso. The massacres left at least 174 people...
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    In the earliest major attack as direct spillover of the Algerian conflict, the Mauritanian army base at Lemgheity was attacked by the GSPC in June 2005...
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    the Algerian Islamic Salvation Front was reported to have condemned the attacks, joining President Bouteflika in calling the perpetrators "criminals"....
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  • GSPC, which reportedly had 400 fighters. In one of its most successful attacks in the Algerian Civil War, the Algerian People's National Army successfully...
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  • Mreiti base attack occurred on 4 June 2005 when militants from the Salafist Group for Preaching and Combat, a predecessor group of AQIM, attacked a remote...
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    of terrorist incidents, 2008 "Blast kills 2 in Algeria as officers foil attack on police station (Published 2008)". February 9, 2008 – via NYTimes.com...
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    Organization in the Islamic Maghreb has claimed responsibility for the attacks, stating that it was "another successful conquest [...] carried out by...
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  • 2007 Algiers Government Palace bombings (category Attacks on government buildings and structures in Africa)
    after the attack took place. The first attack, which was on the prime minister's office, killed 12 people and injured 118, and the second attack on the police...
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    N'gourma Arbinda 2020 Pansi Fada N'gourma Talahandak Boulikessi Toumour 2021 Kodyel Solhan and Tadaryat Inata Seytenga Namssiguia 2022 Djibo Bam Second Libyan...
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  • 2007 Dellys bombing (category Attacks on military installations in the 2000s)
    car bomb attack on an Algerian naval barracks in the town of Dellys, 100 km (62 mi) east of Algiers. The blast was carried out by two attackers who killed...
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    bombing "an act against Algerians, these terrorist gangs are seeking through attacks against civilians to loosen the net closing around them as the security...
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    2008 Naciria bombing (category Attacks on police stations in the 2000s)
    N'gourma Arbinda 2020 Pansi Fada N'gourma Talahandak Boulikessi Toumour 2021 Kodyel Solhan and Tadaryat Inata Seytenga Namssiguia 2022 Djibo Bam Second Libyan...
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    N'gourma Arbinda 2020 Pansi Fada N'gourma Talahandak Boulikessi Toumour 2021 Kodyel Solhan and Tadaryat Inata Seytenga Namssiguia 2022 Djibo Bam Second Libyan...
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    station.  France – The French Foreign Minister Bernard Kouchner condemned the attack. "I want to express my feeling of disgust and my absolute condemnation of...
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    N'gourma Arbinda 2020 Pansi Fada N'gourma Talahandak Boulikessi Toumour 2021 Kodyel Solhan and Tadaryat Inata Seytenga Namssiguia 2022 Djibo Bam Second Libyan...
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