On December 25, 2022, a bus traveling from Fada N'gourma to the trading town of Kantchari hit a landmine near the village of Bougui, Burkina Faso.
[1] Jihadist groups fighting in these areas often use IEDs and landmines to thwart Burkinabe Army operations, although many attacks hit civilian buses headed to trading towns, big cities, or weekly markets.
On the morning of December 25, the bus was traveling from Fada N'gourma to Kantchari, on the border between Burkina Faso and Niger.
[3] Est Region governor Hubert Yameogo stated that the bus hit a landmine near the town of Bougui sometime in the afternoon.
[5] While no group claimed responsibility for the attack, Bougui is located in an area where Jama'at Nasr al-Islam wal Muslimin operates.