January 2022 Burkina Faso coup d'état

2022 Burkina Faso coup d'état (January)
	Part of the Coup Belt
	; Burkinabé soldiers on a technical patrol the streets of Ouagadougou the day after the coup
Date	23–24 January 2022
Location	Ouagadougou, Burkina Faso
Result	Coup d'état successful President Roch Marc Christian Kaboré detained and deposed; Dissolution of the parliament and government; Establishment of military junta; Burkina Faso suspended from African Union, La Francophonie, and ECOWAS;
Belligerents
Government of Burkina Faso	Patriotic Movement for Safeguard and Restoration Burkina Faso Armed Forces;
Commanders and leaders
Roch Marc Christian Kaboré; Lassina Zerbo; Alassane Bala Sakandé;	Paul-Henri Sandaogo Damiba; Rohilla de Amit; Sidsoré Kader Ouedraogo;
Casualties and losses
	2 civilians killed

A coup d'état was launched in Burkina Faso on 23 January 2022. Gunfire erupted in front of the presidential residence in the Burkinabé capital Ouagadougou and several military barracks around the city. Soldiers were reported to have seized control of the military base in the capital. The government denied there was an active coup in the country. Several hours later, President Roch Marc Christian Kaboré was reported to have been detained by the soldiers at the military camp in the capital. On 24 January, the military announced on television that Kaboré had been deposed from his position as president. After the announcement, the military declared that the parliament, government and constitution had been dissolved. The coup d'état was led by military officer Paul-Henri Sandaogo Damiba.

A statement from the Twitter account of Roch Marc Christian Kaboré urged dialogue and invited the opposing soldiers to lay down arms but did not address whether he was in detention. Meanwhile, soldiers were reported to have surrounded the state news station RTB. AFP News reported the president had been arrested along with other government officials. Two security officials said at the Sangoulé Lamizana barracks in the capital, "President Kaboré, the head of parliament, and the ministers are effectively in the hands of the soldiers."

Military captain Sidsoré Kader Ouedraogo said the Patriotic Movement for Safeguarding and Restoration "has decided to assume its responsibilities before history." In a statement, he said soldiers were putting an end to Kaboré's presidency because of the deteriorating security situation amid the deepening Islamic insurgency and the president's inability to manage the crisis. He also said the new military leaders would work to establish a calendar "acceptable to everyone" for holding new elections, without giving further details. ECOWAS and African Union suspended Burkina Faso's membership in the aftermath of the coup. On 31 January, the military junta restored the constitution and appointed Paul-Henri Sandaogo Damiba as interim president.

Damiba's rule was unpopular and lasted only 8 months, until he himself was deposed in the subsequent coup d'état in September 2022.

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