• Source: 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

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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

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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

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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

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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

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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.




= July

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7 July – ECOWAS states that it risks disintegrating from military and economic insecurity if Niger, Mali, and Burkina Faso continue their exit to form their own confederation, following sanctions and severed diplomatic ties after each state's military coup.
12 July – Justice Minister Edasso Rodrigue Bayala announces a ban on homosexuality in the country.
31 July – Mali announces that it carried out joint airstrikes with Burkina Faso on insurgents in and around Tinzaouaten. The CSP-PSD says that a Burkinabe drone strike killed dozens of civilians.




= August

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21 August – Burkina Faso, Mali and Niger write to the United Nations Security Council complaining that Ukraine is supporting rebel groups in the Sahel region.
24 August – Two hundred people are killed in an attack in Barsalogho Department that is claimed by Jama'at Nasr al-Islam wal-Muslimin.
26 August – Denmark closes its embassy in Ouagadougou, citing the effects of military coups on its "scope of action".




= September

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23 September – The junta announces that it had discovered a three-stage plot to destabilise the country “with the help of foreign powers” and individuals based in Ivory Coast. It also claims that the Barsalogho massacre in August is also part of the plot.




= October

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7 October – The junta bans the Voice of America from broadcasting in the country for three months over its reportage on the Islamist insurgency in the Sahel.
9 October – Activist Maimouna Ba is awarded the Nansen Refugee Award by the United Nations High Commissioner for Refugees, citing her work in helping displaced children return to school.




Art and entertainment


List of Burkinabé submissions for the Academy Award for Best International Feature Film




Holidays



Source:

1 January - New Year's Day
3 January - Revolution Day
8 March - International Women's Day
1 April - Easter Monday
10 April – Korité
1 May - Labour Day
20 May - Whit Monday
17 June – Tabaski
16 July – Tamkharit
5 August - Independence Day
15 August - Assumption Day
15 September – The Prophet's Birthday
31 October - Martyrs' Day
1 November - All Saints' Day
11 December - Proclamation of Independence Day
25 December - Christmas Day




Deaths


30 January – Bognessan Arsène Yé, 66, politician.




References






External links


Online calendar

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• List of heads of state of Burkina Faso
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