Sahel Insurgency

RFI dates the latest Oudalan clashes mainly to 9 October; ISSP claimed over 400 JNIM killed

This version is a correction.

ATTACK
Location
Gonadaouri, Oudalan Province
Importance
Notable

RFI reports that the latest clashes took place mainly on Friday, 9 October, at Gonadaouri in Burkina Faso’s Oudalan province, after JNIM and Islamic State Sahel fighters had been clashing since August. It says the Islamic State Sahel branch claimed in Al-Naba on 15 October that it had killed more than 400 JNIM fighters. The toll is unverified: RFI says no reliable independent count can be established and that JNIM had issued no official statement.

Verification: unverified

Evidence: Post relays Islamic State claim of JNIM losses in Oudalan, Radar Africa reports Islamic State claim of more than 400 JNIM fighters killed in Oudalan, Sahel: violents combats entre les jihadistes du JNIM et ceux de l’EIS à la frontière Mali-Burkina

RFI reports that the latest clashes occurred mainly on 9 October at Gonadaouri in Oudalan. It attributes the claim of more than 400 JNIM fighters killed to ISSP’s Al-Naba publication on 15 October. RFI says no reliable independent casualty count can be established and that JNIM had issued no official statement; earlier posts also relay the ISSP claim.