SAA event in Sourou province, Konga forest, Gomboro commune area, Burkina Faso on Thu 29th October 2026

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Saïdou Diallo, alias Djabiri Mangan the One-Eyed, a terrorist leader eliminated by the army. 

Terrorist leader Saïdou Diallo, alias Djabiri Mangan the One-Eyed (47 years old) has finally paid for his many crimes. He was neutralized along with several of his accomplices on the morning of Thursday, October 29, 2026, in the Konga forest, Gomboro commune, Sourou province. The operation was carried out by a unit of the Special Campaign Anti-Terrorist Forces (FORSATEC), as AIB learned on Monday from security sources.

The Combat Forces launched an offensive against terrorists affiliated with the Group for the Support of Islam and Muslims (GSIM), holed up in the Konga forest in Sourou. 

During a meticulously executed operation on October 29, 2026, several terrorists were neutralized and bases dismantled.

Among the terrorists killed was Saïdou Diallo, alias Djabiri Mangan the One-Eyed, a major terrorist leader in the Sourou region. Aged about forty-seven, the murderer hailed from Toaga, in Tougan commune. He was the deputy leader of the Konga/Gomboro terrorist base.

According to our sources, he also played a key role in the logistics of the terrorist groups. He was responsible for disposing of livestock stolen from the population and supplying the terrorists with military uniforms and gear.

The sinister individual took part in several attacks against the Defense and Security Forces (FDS), the Volunteers for the Defense of the Homeland (VDP), and civilian populations. 

He operated in the communes of Kiembara, Lankoué, Tougan, and Gomboro, in Sourou province, as well as in those of Thiou and Tangaye, in Yatenga province.

A significant amount of logistics was also recovered, including weapons, vehicles, food supplies, and pharmaceutical products.

The neutralization of this base deputy, who also served as a logistics provider, deals a heavy blow to the terrorist networks operating in Sourou and Yatenga. It deprives these killers of an essential link in their supply chain and strengthens the reconquest efforts of the Combat Forces.

His neutralization adds to a series of strikes against terrorist leaders in recent months. 

On July 25, 2026, the Combat Forces had neutralized fifteen terrorists in the Kinséré forest, Barani commune, Koosin province. 

Among them was their leader, Sangaré Barry Manga, thirty-two years old, active in terrorist groups since 2018.

On January 16, 2026, an ambush between Koogo and Menè, in Koulpélogo province, had claimed the lives of fifty-seven terrorists

Among them was Karim Torodo, alias Abdoul Bachirou, the GSIM emir for Nakambé, whose head had been put on a bounty of 175 million CFA francs in June 2023. 

Source: RTB