A social media user has claimed that United States missiles hit Burkina Faso, prompting Ibrahim Traoré, junta leader, to retaliate.
Edwuadotv, a Facebook account, made the post on August 22.
“When US missiles struck a guard post in northern Burkina Faso, many expected silence. But Ibrahim Traoré did not flinch. Instead, the young leader turned this attack into a rallying cry for African resistance,” the post reads.
The 15-minute video has since gathered 32k views, 1.3k likes, and 409 comments.
According to the narrator, the US authorised the strike from its military base in Niger Republic as a “counterterrorism operation”.
“Two precision guided missiles struck a rural communications post. The explosion destroyed the entire signal tower, engulfed the facility in flames and claimed three lives—two soldiers and one civilian technician. Seven others were injured,” the narrator claimed.
The narrator added that “reactions spread quickly across the continent”.
The claim also appeared on YouTube via Bright Africa, a page with 3.5k subscribers, and has since gathered at least 18,359 views since it was posted on August 21.
More posts on the claim on YouTube can be found here, here, and here.
But how true are these repeated claims?
VERIFICATION
CableCheck conducted an advanced search query on US strikes on Burkina Faso and did not find any relevant results.
Though the narrator did not specify the date of the alleged strike, CableCheck narrowed the queries from August 1 to August 26, 2025, while excluding misinformation-related terms to enhance reliability in results.
No credible evidence or verified reports of a US missile strike on Burkina Faso surfaced.
Such a matter would have made headlines. A similar US strike on Iran drew global attention.
In addition, the narrator, whose voice closely mimicked that of artificial-intelligence (AI) generation, claimed the US strikes were from its military base in neighbouring Niger.
The US no longer has an active military base in Niger.
Last September, the US Department of Defense withdrew its forces from the Sahelian country, ending its cooperation with the Niger military junta.
VERDICT
There is no credible evidence to support the claims of US strikes on Burkina Faso.
