List of wars involving Burkina Faso

This is a list of wars involving Burkina Faso.

Conflict	Combatant 1	Combatant 2	Result
Upper Voltan coup d'état (1983)	Government of Upper Volta Conservative Armed Forces Faction	Left-Wing Armed Forces Faction	Revolutionary victory Thomas Sankara installed as the President of Upper Volta
Agacher Strip War (1985)	Burkina Faso	Mali	Ceasefire
1987 Burkinabé coup d'état (1987)	Government of Burkina Faso CDRs	Military Faction NPFL Supported by: Libya^[1] France Ivory Coast Mali^[2]	Coup attempt succeeds Thomas Sankara is overthrown and murdered. Blaise Compaoré is installed as the new president.
Sierra Leonean Civil War (1991–2002)	RUF AFRC West Side Boys Liberia NPFL Supported by: Libya Burkina Faso Moldova^[3]	Sierra Leone SLA^[4] CDF^[5] United Kingdom Guinea ECOMOG Forces Executive Outcomes Supported by: United States Belarus^[6] UNAMSIL	Commonwealth victory
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)	Burkina Faso National Gendarmerie Volunteers for the Defense of the Homeland Koglweogos (civilian militias) France Turkey Supported by: Mali^[7] United States^[8]	Ansar ul Islam Jama'at Nasr al-Islam wal Muslimin Ansar Dine Islamic State in the Greater Sahara Islamic State – West Africa Province	Ongoing Possible spillover in Benin

References

^ ""Kadhafi et le Burkina, une histoire d'amour et d'intérêts" d'Abdoulaye Ly". 18 October 2011.
^ "Qui a fait tuer Sankara ? Ouagadougou, l'ombre d'une main étrangère (3/6)". 9 October 2017.
^ Торговля оружием по-молдавски — Молдавские ведомости, 10 February 2009
^ Gberie, p. 102
^ Research 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.
^ Торговля оружием и будущее Белоруссии
^ "Burkina Faso, Mali Agree Joint Force Against Jihadists". The Defense Post. 8 September 2021. Archived from the original on 24 December 2021. Retrieved 24 December 2021.
^ "More Than 160 Killed in Deadliest Attack of Burkina Faso's War". Voice of America. 6 June 2021. Archived from the original on 24 December 2021. Retrieved 24 December 2021.

[1] ""Kadhafi et le Burkina, une histoire d'amour et d'intérêts" d'Abdoulaye Ly". 18 October 2011.

[2] "Qui a fait tuer Sankara ? Ouagadougou, l'ombre d'une main étrangère (3/6)". 9 October 2017.

[3] Торговля оружием по-молдавски — Молдавские ведомости, 10 February 2009

[Gberie1022-4] Gberie, p. 102

[5] Research 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.

[6] Торговля оружием и будущее Белоруссии

[7] "Burkina Faso, Mali Agree Joint Force Against Jihadists". The Defense Post. 8 September 2021. Archived from the original on 24 December 2021. Retrieved 24 December 2021.

[8] "More Than 160 Killed in Deadliest Attack of Burkina Faso's War". Voice of America. 6 June 2021. Archived from the original on 24 December 2021. Retrieved 24 December 2021.

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States with limited recognition	Sahrawi Arab Democratic Republic Somaliland
Dependencies and other territories	Canary Islands / Ceuta / Melilla (Spain) Madeira (Portugal) Mayotte / Réunion (France) Saint Helena / Ascension Island / Tristan da Cunha (United Kingdom)