Looting: On 15 March 2025, ISSP militants set up a checkpoint between Dori (Dori, Seno) and Essakane-Site (Gorom-Gorom, Oudalan), coded to Dori. They checked the transport vehicles and claimed payment of a tax of 300,000 CFA per vehicle. Some drivers paid.

Summary

On March 15, 2025, ISSP (Islamic State Sahel Province) militants set up checkpoints on the Dori-Esakane road in northern Burkina Faso and collected tolls of 300,000 CFA francs per vehicle from transport trucks. Some drivers were confirmed to have paid the taxes, directly impacting logistics transport in the region.

Supply-chain impact

• Blockade of major transport routes between Séno-Oudalan provinces in northern Burkina Faso causing increased regional logistics costs and transport delays
• Deteriorating safety of foreign trade routes for Burkina Faso, which is highly dependent on mineral exports, increasing instability in import-export logistics
• If militant toll collection becomes routine, upward pressure on transport costs for all goods transiting the region
• Signal of worsening security situation across the Sahel region, increasing need to seek alternative routes for West African overland logistics networks

Watch points

• Sustainability of ISSP checkpoint operations and whether they spread to other areas, and trends in toll rate changes
• Burkina Faso government forces' response measures and timing of logistics operations resumption on the affected road segment