2025 in Burkina Faso

Events in the year 2025 in Burkina Faso.

• President: Ibrahim Traoré
• Prime Minister: Jean Emmanuel Ouédraogo
• President of the Patriotic Movement for Safeguard and Restoration: Ibrahim Traoré

• 18 January – Four Moroccan truck drivers are abducted along the border with Niger. They are subsequently released in the latter country on 21 January.
• 22 January – Niger announces the creation of a joint military force with Burkina Faso and Mali to combat extremist groups.
• 29 January – Burkina Faso, along with Niger and Mali, formally leave ECOWAS.

• 10–11 March – At least 58 members of the Fulani ethnic group are reported to have been killed in a security operation in Solenzo.
• 17 March – Burkina Faso withdraws from the Organisation internationale de la Francophonie.
• 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.
• 31 March – The junta issues an amnesty to 21 soldiers convicted for their role in the 2015 Burkina Faso coup attempt.

• 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.
• 21 April – The government announces that it had thwarted a coup attempt.

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

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• 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

• Online calendar