2012 in Burkina Faso

Events in the year 2012 in Burkina Faso.

Incumbents

 * President: Blaise Compaoré
 * Prime Minister: Luc-Adolphe Tiao

January

 * January 16 – The government of Tajikistan creates formal diplomatic relations with Burkina Faso.
 * January 20 – 3 People are imprisoned for killing vultures, a protected species, in order to gather materials for voodoo rites, with the courts looking to set an example of the consequences of vulture killings.

March

 * March 7 – The IRC and FIU come to an agreement to expand sustainable water delivery in the country.
 * March 8 – 136 police officers in the capital are fired for a mutiny committed by the perpetrators the previous year.

May

 * May 25 – 25 people in total are killed along the Burkina Faso-Mali border as the Fulani nomads and Malian Dogon farmers fight over use of land.
 * May 26 – Throughout the country, thousands of people protest against the rise in the cost of basic necessities, such as food and petrol.

September

 * September 18 – The Cities Alliance plans for urban upgrading projects for the capital city, Ouagadougou.

November

 * November 22 – 400 child trafficking victims, involved in a plot to source child labor, are rescued by Interpol.

December

 * December 5 – 2 prominent journalists are sentenced to prison by the Burkinabé government for reporting on a claim of obstruction of justice by the state prosecutor.
 * December 20 – The British government sets to send aid to ease hunger crisis of countries in the Sahel region.