Several major insurgent attacks occurred in the landlocked West African country during the latter part of that decade.
[3] In the Est Region, two Spanish journalists and an Irish conservationist were killed and a Burkinabé soldier went missing when their anti-poaching patrol was ambushed.
[3] Over 100 heavily armed militants on motorcycles and pick-up trucks stormed the village of Koydel in Foutori, a department in Burkina Faso located in Komondjari Province near the border with Niger, with a population mainly from the Gurma ethnic group.
The village was empty in the immediate aftermath of the attack, as the residents who survived had fled to nearby towns.
The assault is suspected to be a revenge as the village recently provided fighters to a volunteer programme which is fighting against the Islamists.