[2] The massacre was the culmination of an offensive that began several weeks prior, with jihadists killing seventeen civilians in Madjoari on May 14 and overrunning the Burkinabe base in the town on May 19.

[3][4] Since February 2021, jihadists from Ansarul Islam and Jama'at Nasr al-Islam wal-Muslimin have besieged the town of Madjoari, the capital of the department of the same name, blocking food and supplies from entering.

[1] In late May, the jihadist groups intensified their siege, killing seventeen civilians on May 14 and overrunning the military base in the town on May 19.

[1] A group of civilians fleeing Madjoari and the besieged town of Tabarga were intercepted by jihadists while en route to Nadiagou.

[7] The Egyptian Foreign Ministry also condemned the killing and reaffirmed Egypt's "full solidarity" with Burkina Faso in its effort to combat the terrorist groups.