LEAD. Leaders' Visits & Agreements Database
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Western Africa

Burkina Faso

59 recorded engagements by Burkina Faso's heads of state, heads of government and foreign ministers, 1990–2025.

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59Engagements
56Visits
0Phone calls
3Video conferences
1Signed agreements
10Destination countries
14Officials recorded
50Multilateral summits

At a glance

Between 1990 and 2025, Burkina Faso's leaders recorded 59 engagements: 56 in-person visits, 0 phone calls and 3 video conferences. Activity peaked in 2016, with 4 engagements that year. The most frequent destination was United States of America (49 engagements), followed by Russia and Rwanda. Regional Organizations and Multilateral Affairs was the most common topic, present in 90% of engagements. 1 engagements produced a signed agreement, and 50 took place at multilateral summits. The most active official on record is Blaise Compaoré (President), with 10 engagements between 1997 and 2014.

Activity by year

Every engagement recorded for Burkina Faso, 1990–2025. Hover a bar for the exact count.

1990: 2 engagements1991: 1 engagement1992: 1 engagement1993: 1 engagement1994: 2 engagements1995: 2 engagements1996: 1 engagement1997: 2 engagements1998: 1 engagement1999: 2 engagements2000: 1 engagement2001: 2 engagements2002: 2 engagements2003: 1 engagement2004: 1 engagement2005: 1 engagement2006: 1 engagement2007: 1 engagement2008: 3 engagements2009: 1 engagement2010: 0 engagements2011: 1 engagement2012: 1 engagement2013: 1 engagement2014: 2 engagements2015: 1 engagement2016: 4 engagements2017: 2 engagements2018: 2 engagements2019: 3 engagements2020: 3 engagements2021: 3 engagements2022: 1 engagement2023: 1 engagement2024: 2 engagements2025: 3 engagements19901995200020052010201520202025

Most-visited countries

  • United States of America49
  • Russia2
  • Rwanda1
  • Algeria1
  • Switzerland1
  • China1
  • France1
  • Chad1
  • Niger1
  • Ghana1

Discussion topics

  • Regional Organizations and Multilateral Affairs53
  • Diplomacy and Foreign Relations43
  • Peace and Security6
  • Security and Defense5
  • Trade and Economic Relations4
  • Development and Aid3
  • Health3
  • Terrorism and Counterterrorism3
  • Peace Negotiations and Mediation2
  • Symbolic and Ceremonial Issues2
  • Environment and Climate Change1
  • International Conflicts and Crises1

Cite this profile

Ozturk, Y., Atabas, H., Guler, E., Duyar, B., & Yucel, R. (2026). Leaders' Visits & Agreements Database [Data set]. Africa Foundation. https://doi.org/10.5281/zenodo.22255254 [Burkina Faso country profile. Accessed 2 September 2026. https://lead-database.netlify.app/country/burkina-faso.html]

Every part of the site quotes this same reference; other formats (MLA, Chicago, Harvard, BibTeX) are on the About page, which also describes the coding rules and sources. Figures here were generated from the dataset on 2026-09-02 and describe outbound engagements by Burkina Faso's own officials.