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Burkina Faso: events and estimated deaths in August 2025

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UCDP recorded 48 events of organized violence in Burkina Faso in August 2025. The best estimate of deaths in these events is 343. The low estimate is 343 and the high estimate is 456. UCDP counts 28 of these deaths as deaths of civilians. The count for July 2025 was 66 events.

The count for August 2024 was 17 events. The change from August 2024 to August 2025 is up 182 percent. Among the 26 months with a report for Burkina Faso, August 2025 has the 13th highest count of events. Burkina Faso holds 2 percent of the events that UCDP recorded in all countries with a page in August 2025. In August 2024, the share was 1 percent.

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, August 2025: events and estimated deaths by region, in name order
RegionEventsEstimated deaths
Bankui region124
Goulmou region1329
Kuilsé region49
Liptako region935
Nakambé region516
Sirba region2100
Soum region25
Tannounyan region14
Tapoa region250
Yaadga region666
Figure 1. Events in Burkina Faso, August 2025. The map shows 48 events with 343 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, August 2025: events with 10 or more estimated deaths (8 of 48 events), in the order of their dates
DatePlaceSides, as UCDP writes themType of violenceEstimated deathsLowHigh
3 Aug 2025Yatenga province, Yaadga regionJNIM; CiviliansOne-sided141414
5 Aug 2025Yagha province, Liptako regionIS; JNIMNon-state161616
9 Aug 2025Dyamongou province, Tapoa regionGovernment of Burkina Faso; JNIMState-based252550
9 Aug 2025Dyamongou province, Tapoa regionGovernment of Burkina Faso; JNIMState-based252550
11 Aug 2025Yatenga province, Yaadga regionGovernment of Burkina Faso; JNIMState-based242424
14 Aug 2025Banwa province, Bankui regionGovernment of Burkina Faso; JNIMState-based242424
19 Aug 2025Zondoma province, Yaadga regionGovernment of Burkina Faso; JNIMState-based151515
20 Aug 2025Komandjoari province, Sirba regionGovernment of Burkina Faso; JNIMState-based100100100

Actors, as UCDP names them

Names as UCDP writes them.

Table 3. Burkina Faso: actors, as UCDP names them, in the events of August 2025, in name order
Name, as UCDP writes itEventsEstimated deaths in these events
Government of Burkina Faso38300
IS935
JNIM41325

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, August 2025
Type of violenceEventsShare of events
State-based armed conflict3879%
Non-state conflict24%
One-sided violence against civilians817%

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 August 2025. https://conflictstats.com/country/burkina-faso/month/2025-08/. Source: Uppsala Conflict Data Program, UCDP GED 26.1 and UCDP Candidate Events 26.0.9. Data through .

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