| Fulani-Mossi conflict | |||||
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| Part of Jihadist insurgency in Burkina Faso | |||||
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| Belligerents | |||||
| Commanders and leaders | |||||
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Ibrahim Traore (Burkinabe junta president) Localized leadership |
Amadou Koufa Djaffar Dicko Ibrahim Malam Dicko † Localized leadership | ||||
| Casualties and losses | |||||
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Thousands of civilians killed 30,000+ Fulanis displaced to Ouagadougou | |||||
The Fulani-Mossi conflict, also known as the Peulh-Mossi conflict, refers to various attacks and massacres between Fulani pastoralists and Mossi farmers, predominantly located in Burkina Faso. The conflict is a subconflict of the jihadist insurgency in Burkina Faso that began in 2015, although ethnically-motivated killings and attacks did not occur on a mass scale until the Yirgou massacre in 2019.
While anti-Fulani sentiment has driven conflicts in Nigeria and Mali for decades, the conflict between Fulani and Mossi groups have primarily been defined by Mossi makeup of pro-government Koglweogo groups, which comprise a majority of the Volunteers for the Defense of the Homeland. Fulani militants comprise a large portion of jihadist groups such as Jama'at Nasr al-Islam wal-Muslimin and the Islamic State – Sahel Province, and Fulani civilians are often targeted by Mossi government forces in suspicion of being affiliated with these groups.[1]
- ^ Tisseron, Antonin (2021). "Pandora's box. Burkina Faso, self-defense militias and VDP Law in fighting jihadism" (PDF). Friedrich-Ebert Stiftung. Retrieved February 20, 2025.