Events in the year 2012 in Burkina Faso.
Incumbents
Events
January
- January 16 – The government of Tajikistan creates formal diplomatic relations with Burkina Faso.[1]
- 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.[2]
March
- March 7 – The IRC and FIU come to an agreement to expand sustainable water delivery in the country.[3]
- March 8 – 136 police officers in the capital are fired for a mutiny committed by the perpetrators the previous year.[4]
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.[5][6]
- May 26 – Throughout the country, thousands of people protest against the rise in the cost of basic necessities, such as food and petrol.[7]
September
- September 18 – The Cities Alliance plans for urban upgrading projects for the capital city, Ouagadougou.[8]
November
- November 22 – 400 child trafficking victims, involved in a plot to source child labor, are rescued by Interpol.[9]
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.[10]
- December 20 – The British government sets to send aid to ease hunger crisis of countries in the Sahel region.[11]
Deaths
References
- ^ "Tajikistan establishes diplomatic relations with Burkina Faso, Jordan | Tajikistan News ASIA-Plus". www.asiaplustj.info. Retrieved 23 December 2021.
- ^ "Burkina Faso jails Nigerian woman over vulture voodoo". Vanguard News. 20 January 2012. Retrieved 23 December 2021.
- ^ "Burkina Faso the next focus country for creating water services that last :: IRC". www.ircwash.org. Retrieved 23 December 2021.
- ^ "Burkina Faso fires 136 cops after mutiny". News24. Retrieved 23 December 2021.
- ^ "Deadly violence on Mali-Burkina Faso border". www.aljazeera.com. Retrieved 23 December 2021.
- ^ "Burkina Faso-Mali clashes leave 25 dead". BBC News. 24 May 2012. Retrieved 23 December 2021.
- ^ "Timeline Burkina Faso". www.timelines.ws. Retrieved 7 July 2020.
- ^ "Urban Upgrading in the Spontaneous Zones Of Ouagadougou (SDI)". Cities Alliance. Retrieved 23 December 2021.
- ^ "Nearly 400 victims of child trafficking rescued across Burkina Faso in INTERPOL-led operation". www.interpol.int. Retrieved 23 December 2021.
- ^ "Burkina Faso: Harsh Prison Sentences for Journalists Undermine Freedom of Expression". www.civicus.org. Retrieved 23 December 2021.
- ^ "West Africa: Food aid for half a million people in the Sahel". GOV.UK. Retrieved 23 December 2021.
