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    The Burkina Faso Armed Forces (French: Forces armées du Burkina Faso) is the term used for the national military of Burkina Faso. The service branches...
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  • This is a list of equipment used by the Burkina Faso Armed Forces. Foss, Christopher F.; Gander, Terry J., eds. (1999). Jane's Military Vehicles and Logistics...
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    An ongoing war and civil conflict between the Government of Burkina Faso and Islamist rebels began in August 2015 and has led to the displacement of over...
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  • On 26 September 2023, dissidents of the Burkina Faso Armed Forces attempted to overthrow the ruling military junta led by Ibrahim Traoré, which came to...
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    The 2014 Burkina Faso uprising was a series of demonstrations and riots in Burkina Faso in October 2014 that quickly spread to multiple cities. They began...
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  • mosque in Natiaobani. Nondin and Soro massacres: Members of the Burkina Faso Armed Forces summarily execute 223 people in Yatenga Province over alleged...
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    2024 Barsalogho attack (category 2024 murders in Burkina Faso)
    Burkina Faso Armed Forces in the Barsalogho Department of northern Burkina Faso. The attack is part of an ongoing jihadist insurgency in Burkina Faso...
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  • The Military ranks of Burkina Faso are the military insignia used by the Burkina Faso Armed Forces. Burkina Faso is a landlocked country, and does therefore...
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    A coup d'état took place in Burkina Faso on 30 September 2022, removing Interim President Paul-Henri Sandaogo Damiba over his alleged inability to deal...
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    A coup d'état was launched in Burkina Faso on 23 January 2022. Gunfire erupted in front of the presidential residence in the Burkinabé capital Ouagadougou...
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    machine". The Special Forces Regiment (Malay: Regimen Pasukan Khas, "RPK") wear a maroon beret. Members of the Burkina Faso Armed Forces wear a maroon beret...
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  • Burkina Faso Armed Forces rescue 62 women and four babies kidnapped by jihadists in Arbinda, Sahel Region, on January 15. 21 January – Burkina Faso demands...
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    Nondin and Soro massacres (category Massacres of the jihadist insurgency in Burkina Faso)
    members of the Burkina Faso Armed Forces summarily executed around 223 civilians, including 56 children, in Yatenga Province, northern Burkina Faso. The massacres...
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    Volunteers for the Defense of the Homeland (category Paramilitary organisations based in Burkina Faso)
    an armed self-defense group in Burkina Faso created to fight jihadist insurgents. It is an auxiliary force supporting the Burkina Faso Armed Forces. On...
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    Agacher Strip War (category 1985 in Burkina Faso)
    had been subject to a border dispute between Mali and Burkina Faso since the 1960s. Following armed clashes in 1974, both countries agreed to mediation...
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    The Politics of Burkina Faso takes place in a framework of a semi-presidential republic, whereby the Prime Minister of Burkina Faso is the head of government...
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    Ibrahim Traoré (category Heads of state of Burkina Faso)
    1988) is a Burkinabè military officer who has been the interim leader of Burkina Faso since the September 2022 coup d'état that ousted interim president Paul-Henri...
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  • Marxist revolutionary and Pan-Africanist who served as President of Burkina Faso from his coup in 1983 to his assassination in 1987. After being appointed...
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    Islamist insurgency in the Sahel (category Wars involving Burkina Faso)
    particular, the intensive conflict in the three countries of Mali, Niger and Burkina Faso has been referred to as the Sahel War. The conflict is generally seen...
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    Wagadugu, French: Ouagadougou French: [waɡaduɡu]) is the capital of Burkina Faso, and the administrative, communications, cultural and economic centre...
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    Burkina Faso is a landlocked country in West Africa, bordered by Mali to the northwest, Niger to the northeast, Benin to the southeast, Togo and Ghana...
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    Siege of Djibo (category 2022 in Burkina Faso)
    in Burkina Faso by several factions of Jihadist Islamist rebels. The siege began in February 2022, and is part of the Jihadist insurgency in Burkina Faso...
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  • Karma massacre (category Burkina Faso articles missing geocoordinate data)
    the Burkina Faso Armed Forces. Between 60–156 civilians were killed in the massacre making it one of the worst in the Burkina Faso insurgency. Burkina Faso...
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    Nationale) is the national gendarmerie force of Burkina Faso. It is one of the two national police forces, alongside the civilian National Police force...
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  • the Bulgarian Navy List of equipment of the Burkina Faso Armed Forces List of aircraft of the Burkina Faso Air Force List of equipment of the Burundi National...
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  • Battle of Koumbri (category Jihadist insurgency in Burkina Faso)
    was captured by jihadists in 2020. On September 2, 2023, the Burkina Faso Armed Forces deployed to the commune of Koumbri with the objective of reestablishing...
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    gunmen armed with heavy weapons attacked the Cappuccino restaurant and the Splendid Hotel in the heart of Ouagadougou, the capital of Burkina Faso. The...
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    Terrorism in Burkina Faso refers to non-state actor violence in Burkina Faso carried out with the intent of causing fear and spreading extremist ideology...
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    current production model  Belgium Belgian Air Component  Burkina Faso Burkina Faso Armed Forces  Burundi Burundi Air Force  Chad Chad Air Force, nine SF-260WL...
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  • Mali's border with Burkina Faso. The gunman who shot Blasco was also killed during the clash, according to the Ministry of Armed Forces. 30 September - September...
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