2025 in Burkina Faso
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Events in the year 2025 in Burkina Faso.
Incumbents
[edit]- President: Ibrahim Traoré
- Prime Minister: Jean Emmanuel Ouédraogo
- President of the Patriotic Movement for Safeguard and Restoration: Ibrahim Traoré
Events
[edit]January
[edit]- 18 January – Four Moroccan truck drivers are abducted along the border with Niger. They are subsequently released in the latter country on 21 January.[1]
- 22 January – Niger announces the creation of a joint military force with Burkina Faso and Mali to combat extremist groups.[2]
- 29 January – Burkina Faso, along with Niger and Mali, formally leave ECOWAS.[3]
March
[edit]- 10–11 March – At least 58 members of the Fulani ethnic group are reported to have been killed in a security operation in Solenzo.[4]
- 17 March – Burkina Faso withdraws from the Organisation internationale de la Francophonie.[5]
- 24 March – Guezouma Sanogo, the president of the Burkina Faso’s Journalists Association, his vice president Boukari Ouoba, and a third journalist are arrested, with the group dissolved the next day.[6]
- 31 March – The junta issues an amnesty to 21 soldiers convicted for their role in the 2015 Burkina Faso coup attempt.[7]
April
[edit]- 6 April – Burkina Faso, Niger and Mali withdraw their ambassadors from Algeria as part of protests against claims by Algiers that it had shot down a drone near the Malian border on 31 March.[8]
Art and entertainment
[edit]Holidays
[edit]Source:[9]
- 1 January – New Year's Day
- 3 January – Revolution Day
- 8 March – International Women's Day
- 30 March – Korité
- 21 April – Easter Monday
- 1 May – Labour Day
- 29 May – Ascension Day
- 6 June – Tabaski
- 5 July – Tamkharit
- 5 August – Independence Day
- 15 August – Assumption Day
- 4 September – The Prophet's Birthday
- 31 October – Martyrs' Day
- 1 November – All Saints' Day
- 11 December – Proclamation of Independence Day
- 25 December – Christmas Day
References
[edit]- ^ "Moroccan truck drivers kidnapped in Burkina Faso have been released". AP News. 21 January 2025. Retrieved 21 January 2025.
- ^ "West Africa's junta-led nations announce deployment of a joint force as extremist violence spikes". AP News. 22 January 2025. Retrieved 22 January 2025.
- ^ "Thousands rally in Burkina, Mali and Niger to cheer ECOWAS exit". France 24. 28 January 2025. Retrieved 29 January 2025.
- ^ "Video of Burkina Faso massacre appears to implicate government-allied militia, watchdog says". AP News. 15 March 2025. Retrieved 15 March 2025.
- ^ "Mali announces withdrawal from alliance of French-speaking countries". AP News. 19 March 2025. Retrieved 20 March 2025.
- ^ "Burkina Faso junta arrested 3 journalists in latest media crackdown, rights group says". AP News. 28 March 2025. Retrieved 28 March 2025.
- ^ "Burkina faso's junta grants amnesty to 21 soldiers convicted in failed 2015 coup". Africanews. 2 April 2025. Retrieved 2 April 2025.
- ^ "Sahel alliance recalls ambassadors from Algeria after the downing of a Malian drone". AP News. 7 April 2025. Retrieved 2 April 2025.
- ^ "Burkina Faso Public Holidays 2025". Public Holidays Global. Retrieved 24 October 2023.
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