A third attack this year by non-state armed groups occurred during the night of July 14-15 in two localities of the prefecture of Kpendjal, a region close to the border with Burkina Faso.

Sources reported that a dozen people were killed and others injured.

Military operations in the Dapaong area have been underway since mid-May and have been stepped up since the declaration of a state of emergency on June 13, following the spillover of insecurity from Central Sahel into several West Africa Coastal countries.

Source: European Commission’s Directorate-General for European Civil Protection and Humanitarian Aid Operations