2025 in Burkina Faso

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Events in the year 2025 in Burkina Faso .

Incumbents

• President: Ibrahim Traoré
• Prime Minister: Jean Emmanuel Ouédraogo
• President of the Patriotic Movement for Safeguard and Restoration: Ibrahim Traoré

Events

January

• 18 January – Four Moroccan truck drivers are abducted along the border with Niger. They are subsequently released in the latter country on 21 January. ^[1]
• 22 January – Niger announces the creation of a joint military force with Burkina Faso and Mali to combat extremist groups. ^[2]
• 29 January – Burkina Faso, along with Niger and Mali, formally leave ECOWAS. ^[3]

March

• 10–11 March – At least 130 members of the Fulani ethnic group are reported to have been killed in a security operation in Solenzo. ^{[4] [5]}
• 17 March – Burkina Faso withdraws from the Organisation internationale de la Francophonie. ^[6]
• 24 March – Guezouma Sanogo, the president of the Burkina Faso’s Journalists Association, his vice president Boukari Ouoba, and a third journalist are arrested, with the group dissolved the next day. ^[7]
• 31 March – The junta issues an amnesty to 21 soldiers convicted for their role in the 2015 Burkina Faso coup attempt. ^[8]

April

• 6 April – Burkina Faso, Niger and Mali withdraw their ambassadors from Algeria as part of protests against claims by Algiers that it had shot down a drone near the Malian border on 31 March. ^[9]
• 21 April – The government announces that it had thwarted a coup attempt. ^[10]
• 25 April – The government grants an industrial mining licence to the Russian firm Nordgold to develop the Niou gold deposit in Kourwéogo Province. ^[11]

May

• 11 May –
  • More than 100 people are reported killed in an attack by JNIM jihadists on the town of Djibo. ^{[12] [13]}
  • JNIM militants allegedly kill 60 soldiers in an attack in Loroum Province. ^{[14] [15]}
• 15 May – Insurgents parade openly in Diapaga, tearing down the flags of the military junta and of Russia. ^[15]

July

• 17 July – The junta abolishes the Independent National Electoral Commission, citing issues of foreign influence and financing, and transfers responsibility for overseeing elections to the interior ministry. ^[16]
• 28 July – Around 50 soldiers are killed in an attack by suspected JNIM militants on a military base in Boulsa Department. ^[17]

August

• 3 August – Four Moroccan truck drivers taken hostage by Islamic State – Sahel Province in Burkina Faso while driving from Morocco to Niger in January are released in Mali. ^[18]
• 18 August – The government declares United Nations resident coordinator Carol Flore-Smereczniak persona non grata over the publication of an official UN report accusing it and jihadist groups of committing abuses against children from 2022 to 2024. ^[19]

September

• 1 September – The junta outlaws homosexuality and issues a prison term of five years for anyone identifying as a member of the LGBT community. ^[20]
• 11 September – The junta abolishes fees for visas for all African citizens. ^[21]

Art and entertainment

• List of Burkinabé submissions for the Academy Award for Best International Feature Film

Holidays

Further information: Public holidays in Burkina Faso

Source: ^[22]

• 1 January – New Year's Day
• 3 January – Revolution Day
• 8 March – International Women's Day
• 30 March – Korité
• 21 April – Easter Monday
• 1 May – Labour Day
• 29 May – Ascension Day
• 6 June – Tabaski
• 5 July – Tamkharit
• 5 August – Independence Day
• 15 August – Assumption Day
• 4 September – The Prophet's Birthday
• 31 October – Martyrs' Day
• 1 November – All Saints' Day
• 11 December – Proclamation of Independence Day
• 25 December – Christmas Day

Deaths

• 14 September – Safiatou Lopez, 49, businesswoman and political activist ^[23]

References

1. "Moroccan truck drivers kidnapped in Burkina Faso have been released". AP News. 21 January 2025. Retrieved 21 January 2025.
2. "West Africa's junta-led nations announce deployment of a joint force as extremist violence spikes". AP News. 22 January 2025. Retrieved 22 January 2025.
3. "Thousands rally in Burkina, Mali and Niger to cheer ECOWAS exit". France 24. 28 January 2025. Retrieved 29 January 2025.
4. "Video of Burkina Faso massacre appears to implicate government-allied militia, watchdog says". AP News. 15 March 2025. Retrieved 15 March 2025.
5. "Burkina Faso army, militias killed 130 members of ethnic group, HRW says". Al Jazeera. Retrieved 20 May 2025.
6. "Mali announces withdrawal from alliance of French-speaking countries". AP News. 19 March 2025. Retrieved 20 March 2025.
7. "Burkina Faso junta arrested 3 journalists in latest media crackdown, rights group says". AP News. 28 March 2025. Retrieved 28 March 2025.
8. "Burkina faso's junta grants amnesty to 21 soldiers convicted in failed 2015 coup". Africanews. 2 April 2025. Retrieved 2 April 2025.
9. "Sahel alliance recalls ambassadors from Algeria after the downing of a Malian drone". AP News. 7 April 2025. Retrieved 2 April 2025.
10. "Burkina Faso military government says it thwarted "major" coup attempt". Africanews. 23 April 2025. Retrieved 23 April 2025.
11. "Burkina Faso grants mining lease to Russia's Nordgold for gold project". Reuters. 25 April 2025. Retrieved 12 May 2025.
12. "More than 100 killed in jihadi attack in northern Burkina Faso". AP News. 12 May 2025. Retrieved 13 May 2025.
13. "Al-Qaeda affiliate claims 200 soldiers killed in Burkina Faso attack". Al Jazeera. Retrieved 20 May 2025.
14. Corey-Boulet, Robbie (16 May 2025). "Al Qaeda affiliate says 200 soldiers killed in Burkina Faso attack". Reuters. Retrieved 20 May 2025.
15. Miridzhanian, Anait (14 May 2025). "Al Qaeda affiliate claims responsibility for Burkina attack, says it killed 60 soldiers". Reuters. Retrieved 20 May 2025.
16. "Burkina Faso's junta to dissolve independent election commission". France 24. 17 July 2025. Retrieved 18 July 2025.
17. "Attack on military base in Burkina Faso kills about 50 soldiers, residents say". AP News. 30 July 2025. Retrieved 30 July 2025.
18. "Moroccan truck drivers kidnapped by Islamic State group released in Mali". AP News. 5 August 2025. Retrieved 5 August 2025.
19. "Burkina Faso junta declares UN coordinator persona non grata over child rights report". AP News. 18 August 2025. Retrieved 19 August 2025.
20. "Burkina Faso's junta passes law banning homosexuality". France 24. 2 September 2025. Retrieved 2 September 2025.
21. "All Africans can now travel with free visas to Burkina Faso, says government". Africanews. 12 September 2025. Retrieved 12 September 2025.
22. "Burkina Faso Public Holidays 2025". Public Holidays Global. Retrieved 24 October 2023.
23. "Décès de la militante Safiatou Lopez au Ghana". Burkina Yawana. 14 September 2025. Retrieved 15 September 2025.

External links

• Online calendar