Events in the year 2012 in Burkina Faso.
Incumbents
President: Blaise Compaoré Prime Minister: Luc-Adolphe Tiao
Events
January 16 January – The government of Tajikistan creates formal diplomatic relations with Burkina Faso. 20 – 3 January 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 7 March – The IRC and FIU come to an agreement to expand sustainable water delivery in the country. 8 March – 136 police officers in the capital are fired for a mutiny committed by the perpetrators the previous year.
May 25 – 25 May people in total are killed along the Burkina Faso-Mali border as the Fulani nomads and Malian Dogon farmers fight over use of land. 26 May – Throughout the country, thousands of people protest against the rise in the cost of basic necessities, such as food and petrol.
September 18 September – The Cities Alliance plans for urban upgrading projects for the capital city, Ouagadougou.
November 22 November – 400 child trafficking victims, involved in a plot to source child labor, are rescued by Interpol.
December 5 – 2 December prominent journalists are sentenced to prison by the Burkinabé government for reporting on a claim of obstruction of justice by the state prosecutor. 20 December – The British government sets to send aid to ease hunger crisis of countries in the Sahel region.
Deaths
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