Burkina Faso

In January 2022, army officers under the self-proclaimed Patriotic Movement for Safeguard and Restoration (Le mouvement patriotique pour la sauvegarde et la restauration, MPSR) staged a coup against President Roch Marc Christian Kaboré, who had been elected for a second term in 2020. Eight months later, in September 2022, disaffected soldiers mutinied in Ouagadougou, the capital, and installed Capt. Ibrahim Traoré as president. Armed Islamist groups, state security forces engaged in military operations, and pro-government militias were all responsible for serious abuses, further degrading Burkina Faso's human rights and humanitarian situation.

Africa

November 19, 2025
Commentary
EU Should Focus on Civilian Safety in Sahel Region

Ilaria Allegrozzi

Senior Sahel Researcher

Philippe Dam

EU Director, Advocacy

Published in: Eu Observer
Africa

October 22, 2025
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Burkina Faso: Judicial Officers Feared Forcibly Disappeared
Africa

October 10, 2025
Dispatches
Two Burkina Faso Activists Unlawfully Conscripted are Released

Ilaria Allegrozzi

Senior Sahel Researcher

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