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Fifteen people are killed and two more injured during an attack on a Catholic Church in the village of Essakane, Oudalan Province, Burkina Faso.
2024-02-25

Paul-Henri Sandaogo Damiba, the ruling junta leader of Burkina Faso, signs a plan to begin a three-year transition to democracy.
2022-03-1

The death toll from the attack at a military post in Inata, Soum Province, Burkina Faso, three days ago, increases to 53, including 49 gendarmes and four civilians.
2021-11-17

At least 17 people, including two Canadians, are reported dead and eight others injured in an attack on a Turkish themed restaurant in Ouagadougou, the capital of Burkina Faso.
2017-08-13

Burkina Faso's presidential and parliamentary elections are deferred to November 29 due to a recent coup.
2015-10-13

After a tense standoff, Burkina Faso's military crushed the elite presidential guard and seized the coup's abandoned headquarters. The former head of the guard, Gen. Gilbert Diendéré, had called on his men to lay down their weapons to avoid a bloodbath. Diendéré told Agence France-Presse (AFP) he feared “many deaths and injuries” in the operation. It is unclear whether there are casualties.
2015-09-29

Burkina Faso's cabinet dissolves the elite presidential guard behind last week's coup d'état, creates a commission to investigate these events, and dismisses the minister in charge of security.
2015-09-25

Coup leaders announce on national television and radio that General Gilbert Diendéré is now the head of state of a new transitional body, the "National Council for Democracy".
2015-09-17

Soldiers detain the interim president and prime minister of Burkina Faso, as well as a number of cabinet ministers, sparking fear of a coup d'etat. A joint statement by the United Nations, the African Union, and the Economic Community of West African States states that the presidential guard should immediately release the leaders of the interim government.
2015-09-16

Burkina Faso and Niger agree to exchange 18 towns in order to resolve a long-running border dispute with Burkina Faso receiving 14 and Niger 4.
2015-05-8