List of wars involving Burkina Faso

This is a list of wars involving Burkina Faso.

Conflict	Combatant 1	Combatant 2	Result
Upper Voltan coup d'état (1983)	Government of Upper Volta Conservative Armed Forces Faction	Left-Wing Armed Forces Faction	Revolutionary victory Thomas Sankara installed as the President of Upper Volta
Agacher Strip War (1985)	Burkina Faso	Mali	Ceasefire
1987 Burkinabé coup d'état (1987)	Government of Burkina Faso CDRs	Military Faction NPFL Supported by: Libya^[1] France Ivory Coast Mali^[2]	Coup attempt succeeds Thomas Sankara is overthrown and murdered. Blaise Compaoré is installed as the new president.
Sierra Leonean Civil War (1991–2002)	RUF AFRC West Side Boys Liberia NPFL Supported by: Libya Burkina Faso Moldova^[3]	Sierra Leone SLA^[4] CDF^[5] United Kingdom Guinea ECOMOG Forces Executive Outcomes Supported by: United States Belarus^[6] UNAMSIL	Commonwealth victory
2014 Burkinabé Uprising (2014)	Government of Burkina Faso Congress for Democracy and Progress Alliance for Democracy and Federation – African Democratic Rally	Opposition Parties People's Movement for Progress Union for Progress and Reform Union for Rebirth / Sankarist Movement Party for Development and Change National Rebirth Party Le Balai Citoyen	Revolutionary victory Suspension of constitutional amendment bill in parliament. Parliament dissolved. President Blaise Compaoré resigns and flees to Ivory Coast. Yacouba Isaac Zida becomes acting president, amid immediate dispute but eventual resolution.
Jihadist Insurgency in Burkina Faso (2015–present)	Burkina Faso National Gendarmerie Volunteers for the Defense of the Homeland Koglweogos (civilian militias) France Turkey Supported by: Mali^[7] United States^[8]	Ansar ul Islam Jama'at Nasr al-Islam wal Muslimin Ansar Dine Islamic State in the Greater Sahara Islamic State – West Africa Province	Ongoing Possible spillover in Benin