Burkina Faso: attack on a French military vehicle

On the night of 27 November 2017, two individuals threw a grenade at a French military vehicle that had arrived in the northern district of Ouagadougou.Three civilians were injured in the explosion. The casualty figures are two with moderate injuries and one with life-threatening injuries. The President of the French Republic, Emmanuel Macron, arrived a few hours after the explosion; he had travelled to the city for an official visit focusing on the motivation of African youth. This attack has been classified as a terrorist attack.