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Burkina Faso: events and estimated deaths in May 2025

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UCDP recorded 76 events of organized violence in Burkina Faso in May 2025. The best estimate of deaths in these events is 667. The low estimate is 655 and the high estimate is 1,232. UCDP counts 170 of these deaths as deaths of civilians. The count for April 2025 was 54 events.

Among the 26 months with a report for Burkina Faso, May 2025 has the highest count of events. Burkina Faso holds 3 percent of the events that UCDP recorded in all countries with a page in May 2025.

Not all events in UCDP Candidate will make it into the final UCDP GED and new events will be added. The UCDP Candidate is a dataset containing events that have a high probability of being included in the final annual version of UCDP GED.

An incident where armed force was used by an organized actor against another organized actor, or against civilians, resulting in at least 1 direct death at a specific location and a specific date

UCDP's words. Source: UCDP Candidate Events Dataset Codebook, version 1.5 (Introduction) and UCDP GED Codebook, version 26.1 (section 2, the definition of an event), copied on .

This page rests on UCDP GED 26.1 and UCDP Candidate Events 26.0.9, with data through . The figures from January 2026 are from Candidate Events. Candidate Events are preliminary and UCDP revises them.

The pages give counts and their sources. They give no travel, security or safety advice. A count of events is not a measure of danger.

Regions

The table has 10 regions at most.

Table 1. Burkina Faso, May 2025: events and estimated deaths by region, in name order
RegionEventsEstimated deaths
Boucle du Mouhoun region1650
Cascades region17
Centre Est region1499
Centre Nord region829
Centre Ouest region10
Est region15158
Hauts Bassins region10
Nord region11105
Sahel region9219
Figure 1. Events in Burkina Faso, May 2025. The map shows 76 events with 667 estimated deaths. One dot is one event at the place that UCDP gives. When a source names no exact place, UCDP puts the event at the centre of a region or of the country. The area of a dot follows the best estimate of deaths. The largest dot is for 330 deaths or more.1 death10 deaths100 deathsOutlines: Natural Earth, with the first-level areas of the UCDP data. An outline shows where the events are. It is not a statement about a border.

Events

The table lists the events with 10 or more estimated deaths. The CSV file of Burkina Faso has each event.

Table 2. Burkina Faso, May 2025: events with 10 or more estimated deaths (16 of 76 events), in the order of their dates
DatePlaceSides, as UCDP writes themType of violenceEstimated deathsLowHigh
1 May 2025Sanmatenga province, Centre Nord regionGovernment of Burkina Faso; JNIMState-based161616
2 May 2025Boucle du Mouhoun regionGovernment of Burkina Faso; JNIMState-based121212
5 May 2025Yatenga province, Nord regionGovernment of Burkina Faso; JNIMState-based13613
6 May 2025Kossi province, Boucle du Mouhoun regionGovernment of Burkina Faso; JNIMState-based131313
8 May 2025Gourma province, Est regionGovernment of Burkina Faso; JNIMState-based101010
8 May 2025Koulpélogo province, Centre Est regionGovernment of Burkina Faso; JNIMState-based222222
8 May 2025Koulpélogo province, Centre Est regionGovernment of Burkina Faso; JNIMState-based232323
8 May 2025Koulpélogo province, Centre Est regionGovernment of Burkina Faso; JNIMState-based232323
11 May 2025Soum province, Sahel regionGovernment of Burkina Faso; JNIMState-based7979203
11 May 2025Loroum province, Nord regionGovernment of Burkina Faso; JNIMState-based626262
11 May 2025Soum province, Sahel regionJNIM; CiviliansOne-sided2626100
13 May 2025Tapoa province, Est regionGovernment of Burkina Faso; JNIMState-based9898160
20 May 2025Yatenga province, Nord regionGovernment of Burkina Faso; JNIMState-based131313
20 May 2025Koulpélogo province, Centre Est regionGovernment of Burkina Faso; JNIMState-based171719
21 May 2025Séno province, Sahel regionGovernment of Burkina Faso; CiviliansOne-sided105105105
29 May 2025Gourma province, Est regionGovernment of Burkina Faso; JNIMState-based2626118

Actors, as UCDP names them

Names as UCDP writes them.

Table 3. Burkina Faso: actors, as UCDP names them, in the events of May 2025, in name order
Name, as UCDP writes itEventsEstimated deaths in these events
Government of Burkina Faso60606
JNIM75562

An event has two sides, so one event can be in two rows. The deaths are the deaths in the events of a side. The table does not say which side caused a death.

Type of violence

Table 4. Burkina Faso: events by type of violence, May 2025
Type of violenceEventsShare of events
State-based armed conflict5978%
Non-state conflict00%
One-sided violence against civilians1722%

The glossary has the UCDP definition of each type.

All months

Table 5. Monthly reports of Burkina Faso, newest first: events and estimated deaths
MonthEventsEstimated deathsDataset
September 202626P36PCandidate Events
August 202647P171PCandidate Events
July 202644P185PCandidate Events
June 202634P270PCandidate Events
May 202653P133PCandidate Events
April 202671P369PCandidate Events
March 202663P175PCandidate Events
February 202647P466PCandidate Events
January 202660P222PCandidate Events
December 202565177GED
November 202554199GED
October 202548283GED
September 202532219GED
August 202548343GED
July 202566470GED
June 202539272GED
May 202576667GED
April 202554475GED
March 202572878GED
February 202554213GED
January 202549245GED
December 20241631GED
November 202425159GED
October 202426176GED
September 2024336GED
August 202417714GED

P Preliminary. The figure is from UCDP Candidate Events, and UCDP revises these events. Search engines list a report of a month in the last 12 months that has 20 or more events. The other reports stay online and ask search engines not to list them.

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ConflictStats. Burkina Faso: events and estimated deaths in May 2025. https://conflictstats.com/country/burkina-faso/month/2025-05/. Source: Uppsala Conflict Data Program, UCDP GED 26.1 and UCDP Candidate Events 26.0.9. Data through .

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