2022 in Burkina Faso
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Incumbents
- President: Roch Marc Christian Kaboré (until January 24)
- Prime Minister: Christophe Joseph Marie Dabiré (until January 24)
- President of the Patriotic Movement for Safeguard and Restoration (since January 24): Paul-Henri Sandaogo Damiba
Events
January
- 16-27 January - 2022 Burkina Faso coup d'état: Several coup to oust president Kaboré over alleged insecurity has sparked massive demands to oust and to support the military transition government.
- 21 January - Coup: Facebook was banned due to sparks on major disinformation about the ongoing coup.[1]
- 24 January - Coup: President Kaboré finally ousted by the Armed Forces lead by leaders of Patriotic Movement for Safeguard and Restoration.[2][3]
February
- 10 February - Ten Ansar ul Islam Islamist insurgents and four civilians are killed during a battle between the French Armed Forces and Islamists. The incident is part of the country's jihadist insurgency.[4]
- 12 February -
- Forty jihadists are killed by a French Air Force airstrike after terrorists killed nine people in W National Park, Benin.[5][6]
- 12 February - Islamists raid a Catholic seminary in the Roman Catholic Diocese of Fada N'Gourma, setting several rooms on fire. The militants also destroyed a crucifix.[7]
- 21 February - Gbomblora explosion
References
- Facebook shut in Burkina Faso due to Security reasons
- "Burkina Faso coup: Why soldiers have overthrown President Kaboré". BBC News. 2022-01-25. Retrieved 2022-01-29.
- "Burkina Faso President Kabore 'detained' by mutinous soldiers". www.aljazeera.com. Retrieved 2022-01-29.
- Reuters (2022-02-10). "Four civilians killed as French troops clash with Islamist militants in Burkina Faso". Reuters. Retrieved 2022-02-11.
- "France Says Airstrikes Kill 40 in Burkina Linked to Benin Attacks". VOA. Retrieved 2022-02-13.
- Welle (www.dw.com), Deutsche. "French forces 'neutralize' 40 militants in Burkina Faso | DW | 12.02.2022". DW.COM. Retrieved 2022-02-13.
- "Attack on minor seminary in Burkina Faso - Vatican News". www.vaticannews.va. 2022-02-12. Retrieved 2022-02-13.
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