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2024 in Burkina Faso

Events in the year 2024 in Burkina Faso.

Incumbents

President: Ibrahim Traoré
Prime Minister: Apollinaire Joachim Kyélem de Tambèla
President of the Patriotic Movement for Safeguard and Restoration: Ibrahim Traoré

Events

February

25 February –
- Fifteen people are killed and two more injured during an attack on a Catholic Church in the village of Essakane, Oudalan Province.
- Dozens of people are killed during an attack at a mosque in Natiaobani.
- Nondin and Soro massacres: Members of the Burkina Faso Armed Forces summarily execute 223 people in Yatenga Province over alleged complicity with jihadists.

March

6 March – A private aircraft carrying seven passengers crashes into a tree during takeoff from Diapaga to Fada N’Gourma, killing five people on board.
7 March –
- The Alliance of Sahel States, comprising Mali, Burkina Faso and Niger, announce the creation of a joint force between the three countries to combat jihadist groups in the three countries.
- Ram Joseph Kafando is installed as governor of Est Region, Burkina Faso, replacing Hubert Yameogo.

April

18 April – Three French diplomats are expelled from the country by the Burkinabe government, citing alleged involvement in “subversive activities”.
25 April – The Burkinabe government bans BBC Radio and Voice of America from broadcasting in the country for two weeks over its reportage on massacres committed by the army.

May

17 May – An armed assailant is "subdued" after attacking guards stationed at the Presidential Palace in Ouagadougou.
25 May – The junta extends its tenure until 2029 and ratifies a new constitution.

June

5 June – Russian Foreign Minister Sergei Lavrov announces that Russia will dispatch additional military supplies and instructors to Burkina Faso to help them boost its defense capabilities.
11 June – More than 100 soldiers are killed in an attack claimed by the Jama'at Nasr al-Islam wal Muslimin on a military base in Mansila.
12 June – Two people are injured in a shooting incident inside the premises of the state broadcaster RTB in Ouagadougou.
18 June – The Burkinabe government bans TV5 Monde from broadcasting in the country for six months for allegedly spreading "malicious insinuations" and "disinformation" against it.