2021
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Burkina Faso

Decades:
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Incumbents

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Events

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Ongoing: COVID-19 pandemic and terrorism in Burkina Faso

January

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  • January 7 – Prime Minister Christophe Joseph Marie Dabiré is reappointed.[1]

February

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April

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June

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November

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  • 21 November - A healthcare centre supported by Médecins Sans Frontières (MSF) in Foube, Barsalogho department, in the Centre-North region of Burkina Faso, was burnt down. A member of the MSF team was injured during an attack by unidentified armed men, probably targeting the Foube police post, a few hundred metres away. The violence continues to increase daily in Burkina Faso.[7]

December

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  • 23 December - AFP reports that suspected militants ambushed and killed 41 members of a column of civilian fighters from the Homeland Defence Volunteers (VDP), a group the government funds and trains to contain Islamist insurgents. The government of Burkina Faso has declared a two-day mourning period.[8]

Culture

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Deaths

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References

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  1. ^ "Christophe Dabiré Reappointed as the Prime Minister of Burkina Faso". Africanews. January 7, 2021. Retrieved February 12, 2021.
  2. ^ "Burkina Faso President visits Brussels to strengthen cooperation". Africanews. Africa News. February 10, 2021. Retrieved February 12, 2021.
  3. ^ "UN: Burkina Faso on brink of protracted humanitarian crisis". AP NEWS. 12 February 2021. Retrieved February 11, 2021.
  4. ^ GANLEY, ELAINE (February 25, 2021). "Senegal, Morocco, Caymans added to terror finance watch list". ABC News. AP. Retrieved February 25, 2021.
  5. ^ Mednick, Sam; Parra, Aritz (April 27, 2021). "Two Spanish reporters, Irish activist killed in Burkina Faso". The Associated Press.
  6. ^ "Spanish journalists David Beriain and Roberto Fraile killed in Burkina Faso". Committee to Protect Journalists. April 27, 2021.
  7. ^ "Healthcare centre burnt down amid surge of violence in Foube - Burkina Faso". 23 November 2021.
  8. ^ "Burkina Faso Government Declares Two-day Mourning After 41 Killed in Ambush". 26 December 2021.
  9. ^ "Burkinabé Fespaco Film Festival Postponed Due to the COVID-19 Pandemic". Africanews. January 30, 2021. Retrieved February 12, 2021.