Relationship dossier
Burkina Faso
Egypt
Relationship assessment
Practical cooperation, including agreements in health, education and agriculture
Burkina Faso toward Egypt
+25President Roch Marc Christian Kaboré visited Cairo in 2017, where Burkina Faso concluded bilateral cooperation agreements with Egypt in several fields, including health, education and agriculture.
Egypt toward Burkina Faso
+25Egypt concluded bilateral cooperation agreements with Burkina Faso during President Kaboré’s 2017 visit to Cairo, including arrangements covering health, education and agriculture.
Overall relationship
+25The relationship has included concrete sectoral cooperation formalized through agreements in 2017. These initiatives support a constructive bilateral relationship, though their implementation and the extent of sustained cooperation are unclear.
How to read these scores
Scores are rough judgments, not objective measurements or current verification. Directional scores describe government policy and conduct, not public opinion. The overall score is an independent estimate, never an average.
- −100
- Extreme sustained hostility
- −50
- Substantially adversarial
- 0
- Mixed or neutral, supported by knowledge
- +50
- Substantially cooperative
- +100
- Exceptionally close sustained partnership
“Not assessed” means there is no recorded score. Pair existence makes no claim about diplomatic recognition or established relations.
Relationship context
Overview
Burkina Faso and Egypt have pursued practical bilateral cooperation, including agreements concluded during Burkinabè President Roch Marc Christian Kaboré’s 2017 visit to Cairo. Cooperation has included areas such as health, education and agriculture. The known initiatives indicate constructive but not especially intensive relations; the scope and implementation of the agreements are unclear.
Key developments
During President Roch Marc Christian Kaboré’s visit to Cairo, Burkina Faso and Egypt concluded bilateral agreements and cooperation arrangements in several fields, including health, education and agriculture.
Major uncertainties
- The extent to which agreements concluded in 2017 were implemented is unclear.
- Details of subsequent bilateral cooperation and its continuity are limited.