This is a list of wars involving Burkina Faso.
Conflict Combatant 1 Combatant 2 Result Upper Voltan coup d'état(1983) Conservative Armed Forces Faction Left-Wing Armed Forces Faction Revolutionary victory Thomas Sankara installed as the President of Upper Volta Agacher Strip War(1985) Ceasefire 1987 Burkinabé coup d'état(1987) Government of Burkina Faso CDRs Military Faction NPFL Supported by: Coup attempt succeeds Thomas Sankara is overthrown and murdered. Blaise Compaoré is installed as the new president. Sierra Leonean Civil War(1991–2002) RUF AFRCWest Side Boys NPFL Supported by: Торговля оружием по-молдавски — Молдавские ведомости, 10 February 2009 SLAGberie, p. 102 CDFResearch Directorate, Immigration and Refugee Board, Canada (3 September 1999) Sierra Leone: The Tamaboros and their role in the Sierra Leonian conflict. UNHCR. Retrieved 16 January 2022. ECOMOG ForcesExecutive Outcomes Supported by: Торговля оружием и будущее Белоруссии UNAMSIL Commonwealth victory War in the Sahel(2011–present) Alliance of Sahel States Mali Niger Burkina Faso Benin Togo Ivory Coast Algeria Mauritania
Supported by: Africa Corps (since 2021) Turkey (since 2022) France (2013–2023) United States (until 2024) MINUSMA (2013–2023) AFISMA (2012–2013)G5 Sahel (until 2023)
Al-Qaeda Jama'at Nasr al-Islam wal Muslimin Ansarul Islam Boko Haram
Islamic State Islamic State - Sahel Province Lakurawa (2023–present) Islamic State - West Africa Province
Azawad Liberation Front
Nigerien anti-coup movement: Patriotic Front for Justice Free Armed Forces Ongoing Mali War: Tuareg rebels and allied Islamists overrun Northern Mali in 2012 until pushed back by a French intervention Islamist insurgency in Burkina Faso: Mali War spills over into Burkina Faso by 2015 as Islamists capture about 40% of Burkinabé territory Islamist insurgency in Niger Boko Haram insurgency arises and extends in Chad, Niger, and Cameroon French and American intervention on behalf of governments Al-Qaeda–Islamic State conflict and the JNIM-ISGS war Jihadist insurgency in Northern Benin Rise of the coup belt 2014 Burkinabé Uprising(2014) Government of Burkina Faso Congress for Democracy and Progress Alliance for Democracy and Federation – African Democratic Rally Opposition Parties People's Movement for Progress Union for Progress and Reform Union for Rebirth / Sankarist Movement Party for Development and Change National Rebirth Party Le Balai Citoyen Revolutionary victory Suspension of constitutional amendment bill in parliament. Parliament dissolved. President Blaise Compaoré resigns and flees to Ivory Coast. Yacouba Isaac Zida becomes acting president, amid immediate dispute but eventual resolution. Jihadist Insurgency in Burkina Faso(2015–present) National Gendarmerie Volunteers for the Defense of the Homeland Koglweogos (civilian militias) Ongoing Possible spillover in Benin
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