On 4 and 5 June 2021, jihadists from Jama'at Nasr al-Islam wal-Muslimin (JNIM) attacked the village of Solhan, Yagha Province, Burkina Faso.

At least 160 people were killed in the massacres, making it the deadliest attacks up to that point in the jihadist insurgency in Burkina Faso since the start of the war in 2015.

[1] Since 2019, northern Burkina Faso has been embroiled in two jihadist insurgencies by the Islamic State in the Greater Sahara and Jama'at Nasr al-Islam wal-Muslimin, both predominantly-Fulani organizations that attack civilians along ethnic and religious lines.

[3] On June 4, a day before the massacre, jihadists attacked the village of Tadaryat, located in Oudalan Province, killing thirteen civilians and a soldier.

[16] António Guterres, secretary-general of the United Nations, who have thousands of peacekeepers stationed in the country, stated that he was "outraged" by the attacks.

[19] On June 24, the Burkinabe government stated that the attack was perpetrated by Mujahid al-Qaida, a katiba of JNIM previously unknown to experts.

[24] Mujahid al-Qaida was also accused of carrying out an attack on a mining convoy between Ouragou and Boungou on November 6, 2019 that killed 37 people.