- Source: Barsalogho Department
Barsalogho is a department or commune of Sanmatenga Province in central Burkina Faso. Its capital lies at the town of Barsalogho.
Towns and villages
The Department has 43 main villages, and twelve attached sub-villages. Population figures are from 2006.
August 2024 attacks
On 24 August 2024, Jama'at Nasr al-Islam wal-Muslimin, an Islamic terrorist group with links to al-Qaeda, attacked and massacred more than 600 people in Barsalogho and injured more than 300, mainly civilians while the Burkina Faso Armed Forces fled. This attack is part of an ongoing series of terrorist insurgencies within Burkina Faso and the Sahel Region as a whole.
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References
Kata Kunci Pencarian:
- Barsalogho Department
- 2024 Barsalogho attack
- 2024 in Burkina Faso
- Yirgou massacre
- Islamist insurgency in Burkina Faso
- List of terrorist incidents in 2024
- List of major terrorist incidents
- Gasseliki massacre
- Barsalogho aid convoy attack
- 2019 attacks in Burkina Faso
