2012 in Burkina Faso
# 2012 in Burkina Faso

Events in the year 2012 in Burkina Faso.

## Incumbents

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

## Events

### 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.
