Burkina Faso — De Facto Map

Burkina Faso — Burkina Faso · Military junta · Sahel jihadist insurgency.

Interactive de facto map of Burkina Faso. The country’s military junta, in power since a 2022 coup, controls the capital Ouagadougou and the south, but large portions of the north and east are contested or effectively controlled by the al-Qaeda-linked JNIM and the Islamic State Sahel Province. Thousands of villages have been displaced. Explore the real map of Burkina Faso showing the jihadist insurgency’s territorial footprint.