List of wars involving Burkina Faso

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This is a list of wars involving Burkina Faso .

ConflictCombatant 1Combatant 2Result
Upper Voltan coup d'état
(1983)
Flag of Upper Volta.svg Government of Upper Volta Left-Wing Armed Forces FactionRevolutionary victory
Agacher Strip War
(1985)
Flag of Burkina Faso.svg Burkina Faso Flag of Mali.svg Mali Ceasefire
1987 Burkinabé coup d'état
(1987)
Flag of Burkina Faso.svg Government of Burkina Faso Flag of Burkina Faso.svg Military Faction
Flag of Liberia.svg NPFL

Supported by:
Flag of Libya (1977-2011).svg Libya [1]
Flag of France.svg France
Flag of Cote d'Ivoire.svg Ivory Coast
Flag of Mali.svg Mali [2]

Coup attempt succeeds
Sierra Leonean Civil War
(1991–2002)
Flag of the Revolutionary United Front.png RUF
Flag of Sierra Leone.svg AFRC
West Side Boys
Flag of Liberia.svg Liberia

Supported by:
Flag of Libya (1977-2011).svg Libya
Flag of Burkina Faso.svg Burkina Faso
Flag of Moldova.svg Moldova [3]

Flag of Sierra Leone.svg Sierra Leone

Flag of the United Kingdom.svg United Kingdom
Flag of Guinea.svg Guinea
ECOMOG Forces
Executive Outcomes Supported by:
Flag of the United States.svg United States
Flag of Belarus (1995-2012).svg Belarus [6]
Flag of the United Nations.svg UNAMSIL

Commonwealth victory
War in the Sahel
(2011-present)

Alliance of Sahel States

Flag of Benin.svg Benin
Flag of Togo (3-2).svg Togo [a]
Flag of Cote d'Ivoire.svg Ivory Coast [b]
Flag of Algeria.svg Algeria [c]
Flag of Mauritania.svg Mauritania [d]


Supported by:
Flag of Russia.svg Africa Corps (since 2021) [11] [e]
Flag of Turkey.svg Turkey (since 2022) [13]
Flag of France.svg France (2013-2023) [14]
Flag of the United States.svg United States (until 2024) [15]
Flag of the United Nations.svg MINUSMA (2013-2023) [f]
Flag of the United Nations.svg AFISMA (2012-2013)
G5 Sahel (until 2023)



FLA Flag.svg Azawad Liberation Front [21]


Nigerien anti-coup movement:

Former belligerents:
Ongoing
2014 Burkinabé Uprising
(2014)
Flag of Burkina Faso.svg Government of Burkina Faso Flag of Burkina Faso.svg Opposition Parties Revolutionary victory
  • Suspension of constitutional amendment bill in parliament.
  • Parliament dissolved.
  • President Blaise Compaoré resigns and flees to Ivory Coast.
  • Yacouba Isaac Zida becomes acting president, amid immediate dispute but eventual resolution.
Jihadist Insurgency in Burkina Faso
(2015–present)
Flag of Burkina Faso.svg Burkina Faso Flag of France.svg France
Flag of Russia.svg Russia
Supported by:
Ongoing
  • Possible spillover in Benin

References

  1. ""Kadhafi et le Burkina, une histoire d'amour et d'intérêts" d'Abdoulaye Ly". 18 October 2011.
  2. "Qui a fait tuer Sankara ? Ouagadougou, l'ombre d'une main étrangère (3/6)". 9 October 2017.
  3. Торговля оружием по-молдавскиМолдавские ведомости, 10 February 2009
  4. Gberie, p. 102
  5. Research Directorate, Immigration and Refugee Board, Canada (3 September 1999) Sierra Leone: The Tamaboros and their role in the Sierra Leonian conflict. UNHCR. Retrieved 16 January 2022.
  6. Торговля оружием и будущее Белоруссии
  7. "The jihadist threat in northern Ghana and Togo" (PDF). Konrad Adenauer Stiftung. 2024. Retrieved 2025-04-30.
  8. "Keeping Jihadists out of Northern Cote d'Ivoire". Crisis Group. 11 August 2023. Retrieved 2025-04-30.
  9. "The fading of Algeria's star in the Sahel region". Le Monde. 14 January 2025. Retrieved 2025-04-30.
  10. "How has Mauritania managed to stave off terror attacks?". ISS. 6 December 2019. Retrieved 2025-04-30.
  11. "Russia in Africa: Private Military Proxies in the Sahel". Georgetown Journal of International Affairs. 7 March 2025. Retrieved 2025-04-30.
  12. "How the Wagner Group is Aggravating the Jihadi Threat in the Sahel". CTC West Point. December 2022. Retrieved 2025-04-30.
  13. "Turkey's Return to Africa". FPRI. 10 March 2025. Retrieved 2025-04-30.
  14. "How France Failed Mali: The End of Operation Barkhane". Harvard International Review. 23 January 2023. Retrieved 2025-04-30.
  15. "The U.S. is in retreat in a crucial part of the world". Washington Post. 24 April 2024. Retrieved 2025-04-30.
  16. "Local Drivers of Violent Extremism in Central Mali" (PDF). UNDP. 2019. Retrieved 2025-04-30.
  17. "The Shifting Front of Militant Islamist Violence in the Sahel". ACSS. 7 April 2025. Retrieved 2025-04-30.
  18. "Ansarul Islam". ECFR. 2019. Retrieved 2025-04-30.
  19. "'No room for dialogue': How abuses by Niger's foreign-funded army derail its anti-jihadist fight". The New Humanitarian. November 30, 2021.
  20. "Everything We Know About Lakurawa, the New Terrorist Group in Nigeria". 9 November 2024.
  21. "Can Azawad Liberation Front push Mali and Russian 'invaders' out?". The Africa Report. 5 February 2025. Retrieved 2025-04-30.
  22. "Insecurity in Niger in the wake of the junta's rise to power". IPIS. 3 December 2024. Retrieved 2025-04-30.
  23. "Former Niger minister launches movement to overthrow junta". The Africa Report. 27 September 2024. Retrieved 2025-04-30.
  24. "Mali's Azawad movements unite in a bid to pressure the ruling junta". Africanews. 9 February 2023. Retrieved 2023-04-13.
  25. "Tuaregs from Northern Mali call for the 'fall of the junta'". RFI. 20 September 2023. Retrieved 25 September 2023.
  26. "Niger rebels fighting for ousted president's release hand over weapons". VOA. 2025. Retrieved 2025-04-30.
  27. "Burkina Faso, Mali Agree Joint Force Against Jihadists". The Defense Post. 8 September 2021. Archived from the original on 24 December 2021. Retrieved 24 December 2021.
  28. "More Than 160 Killed in Deadliest Attack of Burkina Faso's War". Voice of America . 6 June 2021. Archived from the original on 24 December 2021. Retrieved 24 December 2021.

Notes

  1. JNIM has had a small presence in northern Togo since 2021, with several attacks carried out since then. [7]
  2. Jihadist groups have little to no presence on Ivorian soil, but have occasionally launched attacks along the Burkinabe-Ivorian border since 2019. AQIM attacked Grand-Bassam in 2016 as well. [8]
  3. No jihadist groups are active on Algerian soil, although the country has been attacked several times in the early days of the Mali War by jihadist groups. Currently, diplomatic relations between the AES states and Algeria are bad due to Algeria allowing FLA rebels on their soil. [9]
  4. The Mauritanian government currently has a non-aggression pact with JNIM-aligned jihadists, and has not had an attack by jihadist groups on its soil since 2011. Small JNIM cells are present along the Malian border. [10]
  5. Previously Wagner Group, since renamed Africa Corps and absorbed by Russian government. [12]
  6. For full list of MINUSMA combatants, see here
  7. Faction affiliated with the CSP-PSD