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)
Sl RUF.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
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. "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.
  8. "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.