16–27 January - January 2022 Burkina Faso coup d'état: A coup to oust president Kaboré over alleged insecurity has sparked massive demands to oust and to support the military transition government.
30 September - September 2022 Burkina Faso coup d'état: Gunfire breaks out in the Burkinabe capital Ouagadougou, raising concerns of a possible mutiny or coup attempt in the country. Military forces block major roads and the state television is disabled.[9] Interim President Paul-Henri Sandaogo Damiba was removed over his alleged inability to deal with the country's Islamist insurgency, and Captain Ibrahim Traoré took over as interim leader.
October–December
4 October - Twelve Burkinabé troops are killed and five others are wounded in an attack in the northern Sanmatenga Province. No group has claimed responsibility for the ambush assault.[10]
31 October - Gunmen open fire against security forces in Sourou, Burkina Faso, killing five policemen. Fifteen attackers are killed in a gunfight after the attack.[12]
9 November - Security forces in Togo repel an attack at a security outpost in Kpendjal Prefecture in the far north of the country, pushing back the attackers to Burkina Faso. It is the first Islamist incident in Togo.[13]
22 November - Gunmen open fire at a security post in Sanmatenga, Burkina Faso, killing ten civilians and nine gendarmes. Another person is injured and a healthcare center is burned.
23 December - Gunmen ambush a column of a civilian militia in Loroum, Burkina Faso, killing 41 people. It is one of the deadliest single-day attack against the militia.[17]
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