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Dolmane gold mine attack, the Glossary

The Dolmané gold mine attack occurred on 4 October 2019 near Madouji, Arbinda Department, Soum Province, Burkina Faso.^[1]

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2019 mass shootings in Africa
2019 murders in Burkina Faso
21st-century mass murder in Burkina Faso
Jihadist insurgency in Burkina Faso
Mass shootings in Burkina Faso
Mining disasters in Africa
October 2019 crimes in Africa
Soum Province
Terrorist incidents in Burkina Faso in 2019

Al-Qaeda

Al-Qaeda is a pan-Islamist militant organization led by Sunni Jihadists who self-identify as a vanguard spearheading a global Islamist revolution to unite the Muslim world under a supra-national Islamic caliphate.

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Al-Qaeda in the Islamic Maghreb

Al-Qaeda in the Lands of the Islamic Maghreb (Tanẓīm al-Qā'idah fī Bilād al-Maghrib al-Islāmī), or AQIM, is an Islamist militant organization (of al-Qaeda) that aims to overthrow the Algerian government and institute an Islamic state.

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Arbinda Department

Arbinda is a department or commune of Soum Province in north-western Burkina Faso. Dolmane gold mine attack and Arbinda Department are Soum Province.

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Azawad

Azawad, or Azawagh (Tuareg: Azawaɣ, or Azawad; أزواد), was a short-lived unrecognised state lasting between 2012 and 2013.

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Azawadi declaration of independence

On 6 April 2012, the National Movement for the Liberation of Azawad (French acronym: MNLA) unilaterally declared Azawad independent from the Republic of Mali in the wake of a rebellion which was preceded by a string of other Tuareg rebellions.

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BBC News

BBC News is an operational business division of the British Broadcasting Corporation (BBC) responsible for the gathering and broadcasting of news and current affairs in the UK and around the world.

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Blaise Compaoré

Blaise Compaoré (born 3 February 1951)Profiles of People in Power: The World's Government Leaders (2003), page 76–77.

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Boko Haram

Boko Haram, officially known as Jamā'at Ahl as-Sunnah lid-Da'wah wa'l-Jihād (lit), is an Islamist jihadist organization based in northeastern Nigeria, which is also active in Chad, Niger, northern Cameroon, and Mali.

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Burkina Faso

Burkina Faso is a landlocked country in West Africa.

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Burkina Faso Armed Forces

The Burkina Faso Armed Forces (Forces armées du Burkina Faso) is the term used for the national military of Burkina Faso.

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Guerrilla warfare

Guerrilla warfare is a form of unconventional warfare in which small groups of irregular military, such as rebels, partisans, paramilitary personnel or armed civilians including recruited children, use ambushes, sabotage, terrorism, raids, petty warfare or hit-and-run tactics in a rebellion, in a violent conflict, in a war or in a civil war to fight against regular military, police or rival insurgent forces.

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Insurgency

An insurgency is a violent, armed rebellion by small, lightly armed bands who practice guerrilla warfare against a larger authority.

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Islamic State

The Islamic State (IS), also known as the Islamic State of Iraq and the Levant (ISIL), the Islamic State of Iraq and Syria (ISIS) and by its Arabic acronym Daesh, is a transnational Salafi jihadist group and an unrecognised quasi-state.

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Islamic terrorism

Islamic terrorism (also known as Islamist terrorism or radical Islamic terrorism) refers to terrorist acts with religious motivations carried out by fundamentalist militant Islamists and Islamic extremists.

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Islamism

Islamism (also often called political Islam) refers to a broad set of religious and political ideological movements.

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Jihadist insurgency in Burkina Faso

An ongoing war and civil conflict between the Government of Burkina Faso and Islamist rebels began in August 2015 and has led to the displacement of over 2 million people and the deaths of at least 10,000 civilians and combatants.

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Land mine

A land mine, or landmine, is an explosive weapon concealed under or camouflaged on the ground, and designed to destroy or disable enemy targets, ranging from combatants to vehicles and tanks, as they pass over or near it.

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Libyan crisis (2011–present)

The Libyan crisis is the current humanitarian crisis and political-military instability occurring in Libya, beginning with the Arab Spring protests of 2011, which led to two civil wars, foreign military intervention, and the ousting and death of Muammar Gaddafi.

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List of heads of state of Burkina Faso

This is a list of heads of state of Burkina Faso since the Republic of Upper Volta gained independence from France in 1960 to the present day.

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Mali

Mali, officially the Republic of Mali, is a landlocked country in West Africa.

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Mining industry of Burkina Faso

Gold Mining often plays a significant role in Burkina Faso’s economy.

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Niger

Niger or the Niger, officially the Republic of the Niger, is a country in West Africa.

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Ouagadougou

Ouagadougou or Wagadugu is the capital of Burkina Faso, and the administrative, communications, cultural and economic centre of the nation.

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Soum Province

Soum is one of the 45 provinces of Burkina Faso, located in its Sahel Region.

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Sudan

Sudan, officially the Republic of the Sudan, is a country in Northeast Africa.

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Suicide attack

A suicide attack is a deliberate attack in which the perpetrators knowingly sacrifice their own lives as part of the attack.

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Trans-Saharan Counterterrorism Initiative

The Trans-Saharan Counterterrorism Partnership (TSCTP) is an interagency plan by the United States government, combining efforts by both civil and military agencies, "to combat terrorism in Trans-Saharan Africa.

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2014 Burkina Faso uprising

The 2014 Burkina Faso uprising was a series of demonstrations and riots in Burkina Faso in October 2014 that quickly spread to multiple cities.

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2016 Ouagadougou attacks

On 15 January 2016, gunmen armed with heavy weapons attacked the Cappuccino restaurant and the Splendid Hotel in the heart of Ouagadougou, the capital of Burkina Faso. Dolmane gold mine attack and 2016 Ouagadougou attacks are 21st-century mass murder in Burkina Faso, jihadist insurgency in Burkina Faso and Mass shootings in Burkina Faso.

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2017 Ouagadougou attack

Nineteen people were killed and 25 others were injured when suspected jihadists opened fire on a Turkish restaurant and hotel in Ouagadougou, Burkina Faso, on 13 August 2017. Dolmane gold mine attack and 2017 Ouagadougou attack are 21st-century mass murder in Burkina Faso, jihadist insurgency in Burkina Faso and Mass shootings in Burkina Faso.

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2018 Ouagadougou attacks

On 2 March 2018, at least eight heavily armed militants launched an assault on key locations throughout Ouagadougou, the capital city of Burkina Faso. Dolmane gold mine attack and 2018 Ouagadougou attacks are 21st-century mass murder in Burkina Faso and jihadist insurgency in Burkina Faso.

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References

[1] https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Dolmane_gold_mine_attack

Also known as 2019 Dolmane gold mine attack.

Dolmane gold mine attack, the Glossary

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See also

2019 mass shootings in Africa

2019 murders in Burkina Faso

21st-century mass murder in Burkina Faso

Jihadist insurgency in Burkina Faso

Mass shootings in Burkina Faso

Mining disasters in Africa

October 2019 crimes in Africa

Soum Province

Terrorist incidents in Burkina Faso in 2019

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