Relationship dossier
Burkina Faso
Israel
Relationship assessment
Relations restored after a 1973 rupture, followed by renewed high-level engagement
Burkina Faso toward Israel
+10Burkina Faso severed diplomatic relations with Israel in 1973, then restored them in 1993. In 2019, President Roch Marc Christian Kaboré visited Israel, signaling renewed high-level engagement.
Israel toward Burkina Faso
+15Israel restored diplomatic relations with Burkina Faso in 1993 and received President Roch Marc Christian Kaboré during his 2019 visit. The scope of subsequent practical cooperation is unclear.
Overall relationship
+10The relationship has combined a prolonged diplomatic rupture with restored ties and later high-level engagement. This uneven history supports a modestly cooperative overall characterization, while the scope and durability of practical bilateral cooperation remain 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 Israel have had an uneven relationship: Burkina Faso severed diplomatic relations in 1973 and restored them in 1993. The relationship later included high-level engagement, including a 2019 visit to Israel by Burkina Faso’s president. These episodes support some bilateral cooperation, alongside a history of rupture; the scope and continuity of practical cooperation are unclear.
Areas of tension
- Burkina Faso’s 1973 severance of diplomatic relations with Israel.
Key developments
Burkina Faso severed diplomatic relations with Israel.
Burkina Faso and Israel restored diplomatic relations.
President Roch Marc Christian Kaboré visited Israel.
Major uncertainties
- The scale and implementation of bilateral development or other cooperation are unclear.
- The extent to which relations and cooperation continued after Burkina Faso’s 2022 change of government is unclear.