Conflicting statements are coming out of Burkina Faso as the newly founded Alliance of Sahel States (AoSS) claims to have killed 400 Al-Qaeda aligned militants as they were attacking the Djibo military base. The AoSS stated they attacked with an army of 3,000, and that the military was successful in repelling them.
#AESinfo | #BurkinaFaso ??
? Plus de 400 terroristes décimés à Djibo (bilan provisoire)Ouagadougou, 27 nov. 2023 (AIB) – Un bilan provisoire fait état de plus de 400 terroristes décimés dimanche lors d'une contre-offensive des Forces armées burkinabè contre près de 3 000… pic.twitter.com/2aWGGZL6iQ
— Alliance des Etats du Sahel (AES) Info (@AESinfos) November 27, 2023
Questions have been called into the legitimacy of these numbers.
The AoSS’s claim, however, is in direct contradiction to the militants claims, who claim to have successfully taken over the base, scoring a significant victory against the AoSS, and digging themselves into the base.
A day after grand attack on Mali forces at Niafounke (at least 70 soldiers killed), Al-Qaeda is attacking base at Djibo in Burkina Faso, with having just released a claim of successful takeover. #BurkinaFaso pic.twitter.com/F8mfVuyV2V
— Pawe? Wójcik (@SaladinAlDronni) November 26, 2023
