6 March – A private aircraft carrying seven passengers crashes into a tree during takeoff from Diapaga to Fada N’Gourma, killing five people on board.[4]
7 March –
The Alliance of Sahel States, comprising Mali, Burkina Faso and Niger, announce the creation of a joint force between the three countries to combat jihadist groups in the three countries.[5]
18 April – Three French diplomats are expelled from the country by the Burkinabe government, citing alleged involvement in “subversive activities”.[7]
25 April – The Burkinabe government bans BBC Radio and Voice of America from broadcasting in the country for two weeks over its reportage on massacres committed by the army.[8]
25 May – The junta extends its tenure until 2029 and ratifies a new constitution.[10]
June
5 June – RussianForeign MinisterSergei Lavrov announces that Russia will dispatch additional military supplies and instructors to Burkina Faso to help them boost its defense capabilities.[11]
12 June – Two people are injured in a shooting incident inside the premises of the state broadcaster RTB in Ouagadougou.[9]
18 June – The Burkinabe government bans TV5 Monde from broadcasting in the country for six months for allegedly spreading "malicious insinuations" and "disinformation" against it.[13]
July
7 July – ECOWAS states that it risks disintegrating from military and economic insecurity if Niger, Mali, and Burkina Faso continue their exit to form their own confederation, following sanctions and severed diplomatic ties after each state's military coup.[14]
12 July – Justice Minister Edasso Rodrigue Bayala announces a ban on homosexuality in the country.[15]
31 July – Mali announces that it carried out joint airstrikes with Burkina Faso on insurgents in and around Tinzaouaten. The CSP-PSD says that a Burkinabe drone strike killed dozens of civilians.[16]
26 August – Denmark closes its embassy in Ouagadougou, citing the effects of military coups on its "scope of action".[19]
September
23 September – The junta announces that it had discovered a three-stage plot to destabilise the country “with the help of foreign powers” and individuals based in Ivory Coast. It also claims that the Barsalogho massacre in August is also part of the plot.[20]
7 December – The junta appoints communications minister and government spokesperson Jean Emmanuel Ouédraogo as prime minister.[24]
16 December – ECOWAS approves the withdrawal of Burkina Faso, Mali and Niger from the bloc effective January 2025 but gives them until July 2025 to reconsider.[25]
19 December – Four French soldiers detained in Ouagadougou on charges of spying since 2023 are released following negotiations between the Burkinabe government and France mediated by Morocco.[26]
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