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Nigerien military junta president Abdourahamane Tchiani, Burkinabè President Ibrahim Traoré, and Malian President Assimi Goïta sign a reciprocal defence pact and mutually reject ECOWAS, accusing it of being influenced by foreign interests.
2024-07-6

Burkina Faso demands that French forces withdraw from its territory after suspending a 2018 military accord that allowed the presence of French troops in the country. The ruling military junta has given France one month to complete the withdrawal.
2023-01-21

Security forces in Togo repel an attack at a security outpost in Kpendjal Prefecture in the far north of the country, pushing back the attackers to Burkina Faso. It is the first Islamist incident in Togo.
2021-11-9

Gunmen open fire against security forces in Sourou, Burkina Faso, killing five policemen. Fifteen attackers are killed in a gunfight after the attack.
2021-10-31

The trial for the 1987 assassination of former leader of Burkina Faso Thomas Sankara, known as the "African Che Guevara", begins in Ouagadougou against 14 people, including former president Blaise Compaoré, who will be tried "in absentia".
2021-10-11

A Colombian Roman Catholic nun who had been kidnapped in Mali near the border with Burkina Faso in 2017 by the Macina Liberation Front is freed. The nun is photographed with Malian President Assimi Goïta as the government refuses to state if any ransom was paid for her release.
2021-10-9

Clashes between the armed forces of Burkina Faso and militants linked to al-Qaeda and ISIL kill dozens of people. In an attack in the northern town of Arbinda, militants killed 30 civilians, 14 soldiers and three pro-government militiamen.
2021-08-18

The head of the World Food Programme, David Beasley, warns of a "biblical" famine due to the impact of the COVID-19 pandemic and says that the disaster already exists in Ethiopia, Madagascar, South Sudan and Yemen, while also warning that conditions are of "particular concern" in Nigeria and Burkina Faso.
2021-06-30

At least four soldiers are killed in an ambush in the Sanmatenga Province of Burkina Faso.
2021-04-21

Voters in Burkina Faso go to the polls, with incumbent President Blaise Compaoré claiming victory with 75 per cent of the votes.
2010-11-21