An Islamist insurgency spread throughout the Maghreb during the early 21st century. Burkina Faso suffered a lot of unrest during the 2010s. Several major insurgent attacks occurred in the landlocked West African country during the latter part of that decade. Most attacks occur near the country's borders with Mali and Niger. However, major attacks occurred in Ouagadougou in 2016, 2017 and 2018. The insurgency continued into the 2020s, including two fatal attacks on 26 April 2021. In the Est Region, two Spanish journalists and an Irish conservationist were killed and a Burkinabé soldier went missing when their anti-poaching patrol was ambushed. In the Sahel Region, 18 people were killed in Yattakou village.