In the north of Ivory Coast, a soldier and a civilian auxiliary from the Burkinabè army were arrested on March 27, 2024. This happened in the Bounkani region, close to the border with Burkina.
“This type of incident is frequent ”, because the borders are porous and poorly defined, says a security source. On September 19, 2023, two Ivorian gendarmes were arrested after getting lost on an illegal gold mining site in Burkina Faso.