Namssiguia is a town in the
Bourzanga Department
Bourzanga is a department of Bam Province in northern-central Burkina Faso. Its capital lies at Bourzanga town. According to the 2006 census the commune has a population of 48,545.
Towns and villages
* Bourzanga (7 088 inhabitants) (capital)
* ...
of
Bam Province
Bam is one of the 45 provinces of Burkina Faso. It is located in Centre-Nord Region and the capital of Bam is Kongoussi. In 2019 it has a population of 473,955. It is a rural province with 420,314 of its residents living in the countryside; only 5 ...
in northern
Burkina Faso
Burkina Faso (, ; , ff, 𞤄𞤵𞤪𞤳𞤭𞤲𞤢 𞤊𞤢𞤧𞤮, italic=no) is a landlocked country in West Africa with an area of , bordered by Mali to the northwest, Niger to the northeast, Benin to the southeast, Togo and Ghana to the ...
. It has a population of 2,776.
Massacre
In January 2022,
Islamist militants
''Mujahideen'', or ''Mujahidin'' ( ar, مُجَاهِدِين, mujāhidīn), is the plural form of ''mujahid'' ( ar, مجاهد, mujāhid, strugglers or strivers or justice, right conduct, Godly rule, etc. doers of jihād), an Arabic term t ...
killed looted the town, killing ten people.
References
External links
Satellite map at Maplandia.com
Populated places in the Centre-Nord Region
Bam Province
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