10/ Bien que des sources locales aient évoqué "une opération en cours pour traquer les terroristes et restaurer la sécurité dans la ville", une autre attaque y a été observée le 16 mai. La ville marque un carrefour stratégique entre #Kantchari et le Niger au nord, et le #ParcW et le #Bénin au sud.

#BurkinaFaso ( #Sahel ) 🇧🇫: #JNIM (part of #AlQaeda) carried out Rocket-Assisted Mortar attacks against Burkina Faso Army in #Kantchari.

Militants used a rare #China made 🇨🇳 120mm Type W86 mortar with DHTL-1 HERA (Rocket-Assisted) mortar bombs.

TRAC Incident Report: Jama’a Nusrat ul-Islam wa al-Muslimin (JNIM) Militants Target an Army Barracks with Mortar Shells in Kantchari, Tapoa Province, Burkina Faso - 18 March 2025 Jama’a Nusrat ul-Islam wa al-Muslimin (JNIM) Militants Target an Army Barracks with Mortar Shells in Kantchari, Tapoa Province, Burkina Faso

#JNIM Militants Target an Army Barracks with #Mortar Shells in #Kantchari, #Tapoa Province, #Burkina Faso
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#Jnım claims to have carried out mortars attack on army base in #Kantchari #FadaNgourma

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#Jnım claims to have carried out mortars attack on army base in #Kantchari #FadaNgourma

#Niger's🇳🇪 Air Force Dornier 228 (reg. 5U-MBI | #062F0F) circeled for nearly 4 hours in #BurkinaFaso's🇧🇫 airspace east of #Kantchari on Feb 13. I'm not quite sure what happened there, because the aircraft is primarily used for (VIP-) transport purposes.