2017 in Burkina Faso explained

This article is a list of events in the year 2017 in Burkina Faso.

Incumbents

• • President: Roch Marc Christian Kaboré Prime Minister: Paul Kaba Thieba

Events

• 13 August – The 2017 Ouagadougou attack.^[1]

Deaths

• 30 May – Valère Somé, politician, scholar and revolutionary leader (b. 1950).^[2]
• 19 August – Salif Diallo, politician (b. 1957)

Notes and References

1. Web site: French. Attentat à Ouagadougou: Affaires au ralenti aux alentours du café-restaurant Aziz Istanbul. Africatime. 17 August 2017. 1 September 2017. https://web.archive.org/web/20170817205541/http://fr.africatime.com/burkina_faso/articles/attentat-ouagadougou-affaires-au-ralenti-aux-alentours-du-cafe-restaurant-aziz-istanbul. 17 August 2017. dead.
2. Web site: Burkina : Dr Valère Somé est décédé . burkina24.com . 30 May 2017 . fr . 1 September 2017.