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Burkina Faso

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Level, last 60 days

  • Deaths 30 d

    171

    UCDP up to 2026-08-31

  • Per million 90 d

    7.1

    last 90 days

  • Civilians

    32%

    last 90 days

  • Incidents 30 d

    47

  • Population

    24.1 M

    World Bank

  • Plants near violence

    0 / 0

    near violence / total; 0 nuclear

Why this level2

  • +3UK FCDO advises against all travel to the whole countryUK FCDO travel advice
  • +11.8 million people in crisis-level food insecurity or worse (IPC 3+)FEWS NET

Source: ARMSMA situation watch

Every monitored signal

The last 60 days, each on its own scale.

  • Violence deaths, 30 days

    0

  • Travel advice level (FCDO)

    4

  • Violence incidents, 30 days

    2

  • People in food crisis (IPC 3+)

    1 750 000

  • Refugees who fled

    421 026

Source: ARMSMA situation watch

Deaths in organised violence, per week

Burkina Faso, UCDP best estimates. The red bar is the latest week.

The latest week may be incomplete.

Source: UCDP GED Candidate, Uppsala University (CC BY 4.0), data up to 2026-08-31

Who the violence is between

Deaths by kind of violence, last 90 days of data.

  • State-based conflict · 68%
  • Non-state conflict · 2%
  • Against civilians · 30%

Source: UCDP GED Candidate (CC BY 4.0)

Food, displacement, sanctions

People in food crisis (IPC 3+)
1.8 M
2026-08
Share in food crisis
7%
2026-08
Undernourishment
13.1%
2023
Refugees who fled
421,026
2025
Refugees hosted
42,953
2025
Internally displaced
2,062,534
2025
Sanctions designations
6
2026-09-29
GDP per person
$1,148
2025

FEWS NET · World Bank / FAO · UNHCR · OpenSanctions

People in crisis-level food insecurity

IPC Phase 3 or worse, month by month (FEWS NET current-situation estimates, midpoint of the published range).

FEWS NET — IPC-compatible analysis

Latest incidents of organised violence25

DatePlaceSidesDeathsCiviliansReported by
2026-08-31 – 2026-09-01village of (Richi) in the state of (Wahigoya)Government of Burkina Faso — JNIM00@KargnHasret
2026-08-30 – 2026-08-31KelboGovernment of Burkina Faso — JNIM00@KargnHasret, Naïm Touré on Telegram
2026-08-29 – 2026-08-30Zidansou, KenedougouGovernment of Burkina Faso — JNIM00@KargnHasret
2026-08-28SolléGovernment of Burkina Faso — JNIM20Naïm Touré on Telegram
2026-08-26TougouGovernment of Burkina Faso — JNIM00@KargnHasret, Naïm Touré on Telegram, Naïm Touré on Telegram
2026-08-26DargoGovernment of Burkina Faso — JNIM40Naïm Touré on Telegram
2026-08-25Kesere areaGovernment of Burkina Faso — JNIM110RTB - Radiodiffusion Télévision du Burkina
2026-08-24 – 2026-08-28GomboroGovernment of Burkina Faso — JNIM10AIB, RTB - Radiodiffusion Télévision du Burkina
2026-08-24Bangasogo areaGovernment of Burkina Faso — JNIM40RTB - Radiodiffusion Télévision du Burkina
2026-08-24TIKARÉGovernment of Burkina Faso — JNIM10Naïm Touré on Telegram
2026-08-24village of Kogodo, located 25 km from BilangaJNIM — Civilians33Naïm Touré on Telegram
2026-08-23 – 2026-08-24YoubaGovernment of Burkina Faso — JNIM00@KargnHasret, @KargnHasret
2026-08-23 – 2026-08-24village of (Boli) in the state of (Didougou)Government of Burkina Faso — JNIM00@KargnHasret, @KargnHasret
2026-08-23 – 2026-08-24NamssiguiaGovernment of Burkina Faso — JNIM00@KargnHasret, @KargnHasret
2026-08-23 – 2026-08-24outskirts of BarabouleGovernment of Burkina Faso — JNIM00@KargnHasret, @KargnHasret
2026-08-23 – 2026-08-24(Tigel) in the (Bam) provinceGovernment of Burkina Faso — JNIM00@KargnHasret
2026-08-23 – 2026-08-24Kongay (in the (Bongandi) regionGovernment of Burkina Faso — JNIM00@KargnHasret, Naïm Touré on Telegram
2026-08-23near the Bodana border post village of (Gagli) in the state of (Goua)Government of Burkina Faso — JNIM11@KargnHasret, @abousaib, Naïm Touré on Telegram
2026-08-23TEMNORÉ in the commune of Tikaré (Bam province)Government of Burkina Faso — JNIM42@abousaib, @abousaib
2026-08-20Tolfe-Titao axisGovernment of Burkina Faso — JNIM30RTB - Radiodiffusion Télévision du Burkina
2026-08-20GamaGovernment of Burkina Faso — JNIM20RTB - Radiodiffusion Télévision du Burkina
2026-08-19 – 2026-08-20YaboussougoGovernment of Burkina Faso — JNIM30@KargnHasret, @KargnHasret, Naïm Touré on Telegram
2026-08-19SeguenegaGovernment of Burkina Faso — JNIM20@KargnHasret, @KargnHasret, Naïm Touré on Telegram
2026-08-19BourzangaGovernment of Burkina Faso — JNIM20@KargnHasret, @KargnHasret, Naïm Touré on Telegram
2026-08-18 – 2026-08-19Dianga, eastern Burkina FasoGovernment of Burkina Faso — JNIM40AIB, RTB - Radiodiffusion Télévision du Burkina, @18Echo0321

Source: UCDP GED Candidate, Uppsala University (CC BY 4.0), data up to 2026-08-31

Conflicts, 90 days5

  • Burkina Faso: Government107
  • Government of Burkina Faso - Civilians48
  • Burkina Faso: Islamic State10
  • JNIM - Civilians3
  • IS - JNIM3

Source: UCDP GED Candidate (CC BY 4.0)

Natural hazards, 30 days0

None in the last 30 days.

GDACS · USGS · NASA EONET

Warnings and notices

UK FCDO: Burkina Faso: Avoid all travel

No severe weather warning in force.

UK FCDO · WMO · WHO · Copernicus EMS

Next 7 days in Ouagadougou

Day°CRainGustsWatch
Tue, Sep 2925…344.7 mm39 km/h
Wed, Sep 3023…3212.5 mm32 km/hthunderstorm
Thu, Oct 123…2813.3 mm35 km/hthunderstorm
Fri, Oct 223…285.5 mm26 km/h
Sat, Oct 322…310.9 mm33 km/h
Sun, Oct 423…333.0 mm40 km/h
Mon, Oct 523…303.0 mm44 km/hthunderstorm

Forecast for the capital only; marks: heat ≥38 °C, frost ≤−20 °C, rain ≥50 mm, gusts ≥75 km/h, thunderstorms. Official warnings are above.

Open-Meteo (CC BY 4.0)

Food prices in markets8

ItemPriceUSDYear
Beans (niebe) / KG405 XOF0.71-30%
Millet / KG273.5 XOF0.48-20%
Sorghum (white) / KG206 XOF0.36-26%
Groundnuts (unshelled) / KG464 XOF0.820%
Maize (white) / KG172 XOF0.30-31%
Rice (local) / KG377 XOF0.66-9%
Groundnuts (shelled) / KG694 XOF1.23+7%
Rice (imported) / KG500 XOF0.88-9%

Median retail price across markets in the latest month reported (2026-08); change against the same month a year before.

WFP · HDX (CC BY-IGO)