The 2022 Burkinabè coup d'état was launched on 23 January 2022 in Burkina Faso, when gunfire erupted in front of presidential residence in the Burkinabè capital Ouagadougou and several military barracks around the city.[1] The mutinous soldiers were reported to have seized control of the military base in the capital.[2] However, the government denied there was an ongoing coup in the country.[3] Several hours later, President Roch Marc Christian Kaboré was reported to have been detained by the mutinous soldiers at the military camp in the capital.[4] On 24 January, the military announced on television that Kaboré had been deposed from his position as President.[5] After the announcement, the military declared that the parliament, government and constitution had been dissolved.[6]