2026 in Burkina Faso
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Events in the year 2026 in Burkina Faso.
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Events
January
- 1 January –
- The government bans US nationals from the country.[1]
- An initiative to digitalize the justice system is announced.[2]
- 5 January – The government announces that it had foiled a coup plot.[3]
- 10 January – Former government minister Yolande Viviane Compaoré is found murdered inside her residence in Ouagadougou.[4]
- 17–18 January – Eleven police officers are killed in an attack on a police detachment in Balga, Gourma Province, Est Region. The JNIM claims responsibility.[5]
- 20 January – Former president Paul-Henri Sandaogo Damiba is extradited from Togo to face charges of plotting a coup.[6]
- 27 January – The Transitional National Assembly unanimously ratifies the Vienna Convention on Civil Liability for Nuclear Damage.[7]
- 29 January – The military government dissolves all political parties and repealed the laws governing them, transferring party assets to the state following a decree approved by the council of ministers.[8]
February
- 14 February – JNIM militants kill seven Ghanaian tomato traders in an attack on Titao, Loroum Province.[9]
- 22 February – JNIM militants kill four people in an attack on Manni.[10]
March
April
- 15 April - The government of Burkina Faso announced the dissolution of 118 associations and civil society groups[12]
