| class="sortable wikitable"
!Name
!Date
!Deaths
!Involved
! class="sortable" |Location – Circumstances |
| 2025 Diapaga attack and Guiedougou massacre
|March 28 and April 3, 2025
|250–300+
|Jama'at Nasr al-Islam wal-Muslimin
|Est Region, Diapaga, Sourou Valley, Guiedougou[{{Cite web |last= |date=2025-04-05 |title=Guiedougou Massacre: JNIM Slaughters 300 in Retaliation for Burkinabe Military Operation |url=https://abcnews.com.ng/guiedougou-massacre-jnim-slaughters-300-in-retaliation-for-burkinabe-military-operation/ |access-date=2025-04-17 |website=Abc News Nigeria |language=en-US}}][{{Cite web |last=Ugwu |first=Francis |date=2025-04-05 |title=JNIM fighters kill over 300 villagers in Burkina Faso |url=https://dailypost.ng/2025/04/05/jnim-fighters-kill-over-300-villagers-in-burkina-faso/ |access-date=2025-04-17 |website=Daily Post Nigeria |language=en-US}}] |
| Solenzo massacre
|March 10 and 11, 2025
|58+
|Groupe d'autodéfense de Mahouna, Forces rapides de Kouka
|Boucle du Mouhoun Region, Solenzo[{{Cite web |date=2025-03-16 |title=Burkina Faso: le rapport accablant de Human Rights Watch sur le massacre de Solenzo |url=https://www.rfi.fr/fr/afrique/20250316-burkina-faso-rapport-accablant-de-human-rights-watch-massacre-de-solenzo-vdp?utm_slink=go.rfi.fr/CDu&utm_term=RFI&utm_campaign=twitter&utm_source=nonli&utm_medium=social |access-date=2025-04-17 |website=RFI |language=fr}}] |
| Barsalogho massacre
|August 24, 2024
|600+
|Jama'at Nasr al-Islam wal-Muslimin
|Centre-Nord Region, Barsalogho Department, Barsalogho[{{Cite web |last=Mezzofiore |first=Saskya Vandoorne, Nick Paton Walsh, Gianluca |date=2024-10-04 |title=Massacre in Burkina Faso left 600 dead, double previous estimates, according to French security assessment |url=https://edition.cnn.com/2024/10/04/africa/burkina-faso-massacre-600-dead-french-intel-intl/index.html |access-date=2025-03-16 |website=CNN |language=en}}] |
| Eastern Burkina Faso military convoy massacres
|April 27 - May 10, 2024
|400+
|Burkina Faso Armed Forces,
Volunteers for the Defense of the Homeland,
Rapid Intervention Brigade
|Sahel Region and Est Region[{{Cite web |title=Au Burkina Faso, un nouveau massacre attribué à l’armée - Jeune Afrique.com |url=https://www.jeuneafrique.com/1568440/politique/au-burkina-faso-un-nouveau-massacre-attribue-a-larmee/ |access-date=2025-03-15 |website=JeuneAfrique.com |language=fr-FR}}] |
| Tawori attack
|March 31, 2024
|75
|Jama'at Nasr al-Islam wal-Muslimin
|Est Region, Tapoa Province, Tawori and Boungou gold mine[{{Cite web |date=2024-04-03 |title=Massacre à Tawori, Burkina Faso : 73 morts dans une attaque terroriste |url=https://senego.com/massacre-a-tawori-burkina-faso-73-morts-dans-une-attaque-terroriste_1682666.html |access-date=2025-03-18 |website=Senego.com - Actualité au Sénégal |language=fr-FR}}][{{Cite web |date=2024-04-03 |title=Burkina Faso: au moins 73 morts dans une attaque à l'est du pays revendiquée par le Jnim |url=https://www.rfi.fr/fr/afrique/20240403-burkina-faso-au-moins-73-morts-dans-une-attaque-%C3%A0-l-est-du-pays-revendiqu%C3%A9e-par-le-jnim |access-date=2025-03-18 |website=RFI |language=fr}}] |
| Bibgou and Soualimou massacres
|February 29, 2024
|150+
|Burkina Faso Armed Forces
|Est Region, Komondjari Province, Bibgou and Soualimou[{{Cite web |date=2024-03-18 |title=Burkina Faso: le témoignage glaçant d'un survivant des massacres de Bibgou et Soualmou |url=https://www.rfi.fr/fr/afrique/20240318-burkina-faso-le-t%C3%A9moignage-gla%C3%A7ant-d-un-survivant-des-massacres-de-bibgou-et-soualmou |access-date=2025-03-15 |website=RFI |language=fr}}] |
| Nondin and Soro massacres
|February 25, 2024
|223
|Burkina Faso Armed Forces suspected
|Nord Region, Yatenga Province, Nondin, Soro and Komsilga[{{Cite web |date=2024-04-25 |title=Burkina Faso: Army Massacres 223 Villagers {{!}} Human Rights Watch |url=https://www.hrw.org/news/2024/04/25/burkina-faso-army-massacres-223-villagers |access-date=2025-03-15 |language=en}}] |
| Essakane church massacre
|February 25, 2024
|15
|Islamic State - Sahel Province
|Sahel Region, Gorom-Gorom Department, Essakane village |
| Djibo massacre
|November 26, 2023
|40+
|Jama'at Nasr al-Islam wal-Muslimin
|Sahel region, Djibo – Jihadists broke into villagers' houses and a refugee camp for internally displaced people and killed at least 40 civilians.[{{Cite web |date=2023-11-28 |title=Dozens killed in attack by armed groups in Burkina Faso, UN says |url=https://www.france24.com/en/africa/20231128-armed-groups-carry-out-major-attack-in-northern-burkina-faso-say-security-sources |access-date=2025-03-16 |website=France 24 |language=en}}] |
| Karma massacre
|April 20, 2023
|156
|Soldiers
|Nord Region, Yatenga province, Karma– Soldiers killed 156 people, burned and looted homes.[{{Cite web |date=2023-04-25 |title=Burkina Faso: Killing of Civilians - Burkina Faso {{!}} ReliefWeb |url=https://reliefweb.int/report/burkina-faso/burkina-faso-killing-civilians |access-date=2025-03-18 |website=reliefweb.int |language=en}}] |
| Kourakou and Tondobi attacks
|April 6–7, 2023
|44
|Islamic State - Sahil Province
|Sahel Region, Séno Province, Kourakou and Tondobi[{{Cite news |last=Borràs |first=Èlia |date=2023-04-19 |title=Cotton, gold or jihad: Burkina Faso’s youth caught between violence and hardship |url=https://www.theguardian.com/world/2023/apr/19/cotton-gold-jihad-burkina-faso-youth-caught-between-violence-hardship |access-date=2025-03-15 |work=The Guardian |language=en-GB |issn=0261-3077}}] |
| 2023 Aorema massacre
|March 2, 2023
|14
|Jama'at Nasr al-Islam wal Muslimin
| Nord Region, Yatenga Province, Ouahigouya Department, Aorema[{{Cite web |last= |first= |date=2023-03-06 |title=Revue de presse du 6 mars 2023 |url=https://africacenter.org/fr/daily-media-review/revue-de-presse-du-6-mars-2023/ |access-date=2025-03-15 |website=Centre d’Études Stratégiques de l’Afrique |language=fr-FR}}] |
| Linguekoro massacre
|January 28, 2023
|15
|Jama'at Nasr al-Islam wal-Muslimin
|Cascades Region, Linguekoro[{{Cite web |last= |first= |date=2023-01-31 |title=Village de Linguekoro dans la Comoé : 15 corps sans vie retrouvés (Gouverneur Cascades) |url=https://burkina24.com/2023/01/31/village-de-linguekoro-dans-la-comoe-15-corps-sans-vie-retrouves-gouverneur-cascades/ |access-date=2025-03-15 |website=Burkina24.com |language=fr-FR}}] |
| Goulgountou mosque attack
|January 11, 2023
|9
|Jihadists
|Sahel Region, Goulgountou[{{Cite web |last=Fautré |first=Willy |date=2023-01-13 |title=BURKINA FASO: Nine killed in mosque attack, including the imam {{!}} Human Rights Without Frontiers |url=https://hrwf.eu/burkina-faso-nine-killed-in-mosque-attack/ |access-date=2025-03-15 |website=hrwf.eu |language=en}}] |
| Nouna massacre
|December 30, 2022
|28–88+
|Dozo militiamen affiliated with the VDP
|Boucle du Mouhoun Region, Kossi Province, Nouna[{{Cite web |date=2023-01-03 |title=Rights Group Blames Volunteer Militia in New Burkina Bloodshed |url=https://www.voanews.com/a/rights-group-blames-volunteer-militia-in-new-burkina-bloodshed/6902990.html |access-date=2025-03-18 |website=Voice of America |language=en}}] |
| Bourasso and Namissiguima massacres
|July 2–4, 2022
|34
|Islamic State in the Greater Sahara
|Boucle du Mouhoun Region, Kossi Province, Bourasso and Yatenga, Namissiguima |
| Seytenga massacre
|June 11–12, 2022
|86–165+
|Islamic State in the Greater Sahara
|Sahel Region, Séno Province, Seytenga[{{Cite web |last=Faivre |first=Agnès |title=A Seytenga, au Burkina Faso: «Ils ne disaient rien, c’était une tuerie sans raison» |url=https://www.liberation.fr/international/afrique/a-seytenga-au-burkina-faso-ils-ne-disaient-rien-cetait-une-tuerie-sans-raison-20220613_ODO3UBDF4ZBMLI7KDJ5Q3Q5HQA/ |access-date=2025-03-15 |website=Libération |language=fr}}][{{Cite news |date=2022-06-14 |title=Burkina Faso mourns 79 dead in jihadist massacre |url=https://www.euractiv.com/section/global-europe/news/burkina-faso-mourns-79-dead-in-jihadist-massacre/ |archive-url=http://web.archive.org/web/20220619160230/https://www.euractiv.com/section/global-europe/news/burkina-faso-mourns-79-dead-in-jihadist-massacre/ |archive-date=2022-06-19 |access-date=2025-03-15 |work=www.euractiv.com |language=en-GB}}] |
| Singou massacre
|May 25, 2022
|50+
|Ansarul Islam and Jama'at Nasr al-Islam wal Muslimin
|Est Region, Kompienga Province, Singou |
| Markoye massacre
|November 1, 2021
|10
|Islamists
|Sahel Region, Oudalan Province, between Dambam and Markoye – Islamists executed 10 civilians on their way to a local market.[{{Citation |last=Human Rights Watch |title=Burkina Faso: Events of 2021 |date=2021-12-17 |work=Share this via Facebook |url=https://www.hrw.org/world-report/2022/country-chapters/burkina-faso |access-date=2025-03-15 |language=en}}][{{Cite web |title=Burkina Faso: Jihadists continue to attack, kill and abduct civilians |url=https://www.opendoors.org/en-US/research-reports/articles/stories/burkina-faso-jihadists-continue-to-attack-kill-and-abduct-civilians/ |access-date=2025-03-15 |website=www.opendoors.org |language=en-US}}][{{Cite web |last= |date=2021-11-01 |title=Infowakat - Oudalan : au moins 10 forains tués par des individus armés |url=https://infowakat.net/oudalan-au-moins-10-forains-tues-par-des-individus-armes/ |access-date=2025-03-15 |website=Infowakat |language=fr-FR}}] |
| Gorgadji massacre
|August 18, 2021
|59–80+
|Islamists
|Sahel Region, Arbinda |
| 2021 Markoye Department attacks
|August 4, 2021
|30
|Islamic State in the Greater Sahara
|Sahel Region, Oudalan Province, Markoye Department, Dambam, Guevara, Tokabangou, Badnoogo, Bassian, Gadba, |
| Yattakou massacre
|April 26, 2021
|18
|Islamic State in the Greater Sahara
|Sahel Region, Seno Province, Yattakou |
| Solhan and Tadaryat massacres
|June 4 and 5, 2021
|160
|Islamists
|Sahel Region, Yagha Province, Solhan village |
| Kodyel attack
|May 3, 2021
|30
|Islamists
|Est Region, Foutouri, Kodyel village |
| 2020 Djibo massacres
|November 2019 and June 2020
|180+
|Burkinabe Armed Forces
VDP, FDS
|Sahel Region, Djibo and surrounding villages and highways[{{Cite web |date=2020-07-08 |title=Burkina Faso: Residents’ Accounts Point to Mass Executions {{!}} Human Rights Watch |url=https://www.hrw.org/news/2020/07/08/burkina-faso-residents-accounts-point-mass-executions |access-date=2025-03-18 |language=en}}] |
| Pansi church shooting
|February 16, 2020
|24
|Terrorists
|Sahel Region, Yagha Province, Pansi[{{Cite news |title=Gunmen kill 24 in Burkina Faso church shooting |url=https://www.independent.co.uk/news/world/africa/burkina-faso-church-shooting-death-toll-pansi-yagha-a9340121.html |archive-url=http://web.archive.org/web/20220708121125/http://www.independent.co.uk/news/world/africa/burkina-faso-church-shooting-death-toll-pansi-yagha-a9340121.html |archive-date=2022-07-08 |access-date=2025-03-15 |work=The Independent |language=en-GB}}][Lisa Zengarini. [https://www.vaticannews.va/en/church/news/2024-02/15-catholics-reported-killed-in-terrorist-attack-in-burkina-faso.html 15 Catholics reported killed in terrorist attack in Burkina Faso]. vaticannews.va. February, 2024. Retrieved 2025-03-18.][{{Cite web |date=2024-02-28 |title=Faith under fire: Understanding why terrorists attack worshippers in Burkina Faso |url=https://international.la-croix.com/news/world/faith-under-fire-understanding-why-terrorists-attack-worshippers-in-burkina-faso/19261 |access-date=2025-03-18 |website=La croix international |language=en}}] |
| Nagraogo massacre
|January 20, 2020
|36
|Fulani militants in Jama'at Nasr al-Islam wal Muslimin
|Centre-Nord Region, Barsalogho Department, Nagraogo and Alamou |
| Arbinda attack
|December 24, 2019
|35
|Islamic State in the Greater Sahara
|Sahel Region, Arbinda[{{Cite news |date=2019-12-25 |title=Burkina Faso: Many women killed in suspected jihadist attack |url=https://www.bbc.com/news/world-africa-50908880 |access-date=2025-03-16 |language=en-GB}}] |
| Kaïn massacre
|February 4, 2019
|71–84+
|Jama'at Nasr al-Islam wal Muslimin (initial attack)
Burkina Faso Armed Forces (reprisal killings)
|
|
| Gasseliki massacre
|January 10, 2019
|20
|Ansarul Islam
|Sahel Region, Soum Province, Gasseliki[{{Cite journal |date=2019-03-22 |title=“We Found Their Bodies Later That Day” |url=https://www.hrw.org/report/2019/03/22/we-found-their-bodies-later-day/atrocities-armed-islamists-and-security-forces |journal=Human Rights Watch |language=en}}][{{Cite web |date=2019-02-05 |title=14 civilians killed in jihadist attack in Burkina Faso: army |url=https://www.france24.com/en/20190205-14-civilians-killed-jihadist-attack-burkina-faso-army |access-date=2025-03-18 |website=France 24 |language=en}}][{{Cite web |date=2019-04-17 |title=The New Humanitarian {{!}} Burkina Faso, part 1: Spreading violence triggers an ‘unprecedented’ crisis |url=https://www.thenewhumanitarian.org/news/2019/04/17/spreading-violence-triggers-unprecedented-crisis-burkina-faso |access-date=2025-03-18 |website=www.thenewhumanitarian.org |language=en}}] |
| Yirgou massacre
|December 31, 2018,
and January 1, 2019
|46–216
|Koglweogo (Mossi militia)
|Centre-Nord Region, Barsalogho Department, Yirgou[{{Cite news |date=2017-04-03 |title=Burkina Faso's war against militant Islamists |url=https://www.bbc.com/news/world-africa-39279050 |access-date=2025-03-15 |work=BBC News |language=en-GB}}]
See also: Fulani-Mossi conflict |
| Ouagadougou massacre
|August 13–14, 2017
|19
|Jihadists
|Centre Region, Ouagadougou[{{Cite news |date=2017-08-14 |title=Suspected jihadists kill 17 in attack on Burkina Faso restaurant |url=https://www.euractiv.com/section/global-europe/news/suspected-jihadists-kill-17-in-attack-on-burkina-faso-restaurant/ |archive-url=http://web.archive.org/web/20220701230136/https://www.euractiv.com/section/global-europe/news/suspected-jihadists-kill-17-in-attack-on-burkina-faso-restaurant/ |archive-date=2022-07-01 |access-date=2025-03-15 |work=www.euractiv.com |language=en-GB}}] |