12 February – President Compaoré announces a plan to lift financial barriers to family planning to lower the maternal mortality rate within the country.[1]
March
31 March – UNITAR establishes a headquarters in the capital, Ouagadougou.[2]
June
25 June – The FAO and EU begin providing high quality seeds to Burkinabé farmers to combat food insecurity to at-risk regions.[3]
July
July-October – In floods throughout central and west Africa, 377 people die, including 16 in Burkina Faso.[4]
November
2 November – Burkina Faso, along with 7 other West African countries, sets plan to regulate cosmetics as part of an agreement between WAEMU member states.[5]
5 November – Interpol rescues over 100 people in the country and arrests 11 individuals connected to a child trafficking operation.[6]
