| Conflict: | 2016 Burkina Faso coup d'état |
| Date: | 8 October 2016 |
| Place: | Ouagadougou, Burkina Faso |
| Result: | Coup failed |
| Combatant1: | ex-RSP members |
| Combatant2: |  Government of Burkina Faso |
| Commander1: | Gaston Coulibaly |
| Commander2: | Roch Marc Christian Kaboré Paul Kaba Thieba |
| Casualties3: | 2 killed and 10+ arrested |
The 2016 Burkina Faso coup d'état attempt was an attempt to overthrow the government of Burkina Faso on 8 October 2016. At least 30 ex-members of the elite presidential guard (known as the RSP) planned an attack on three locations: the presidential residence, an Army barracks, and a prison in Ouagadougou, the capital of Burkina Faso.[1] Two people were killed and at least ten other people have been arrested in connection with the attempt.[2] [3] The attempted coup was led by Gaston Coulibaly, an ex-RSP member.[4]