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2012 in Burkina Faso
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Events in the year 2012 in Burkina Faso.
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January
- 16 January – The government of Tajikistan creates formal diplomatic relations with Burkina Faso.[1]
- 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.[2]
March
- 7 March – The IRC and FIU come to an agreement to expand sustainable water delivery in the country.[3]
- 8 March – 136 police officers in the capital are fired for a mutiny committed by the perpetrators the previous year.[4]
May
September
- 18 September – The Cities Alliance plans for urban upgrading projects for the capital city, Ouagadougou.[8]
November
- 22 November – 400 child trafficking victims, involved in a plot to source child labor, are rescued by Interpol.[9]
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.[10]
- 20 December – The British government sets to send aid to ease hunger crisis of countries in the Sahel region.[11]
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