Upper Volta (French: Haute-Volta) was a colony of French West Africa established in 1919 in the territory occupied by present-day Burkina Faso. It was...

self-governing state within the French Community. Before becoming autonomous, it had been part of the French Union as the French Upper Volta. On 5 August 1960, it...

kingdoms, as well as the later French colonisation of the territory and its independence as the Republic of Upper Volta in 1960. Iron production occurred...

Look up Upper Volta in Wiktionary, the free dictionary. Upper Volta (now named Burkina Faso) may refer to: French Upper Volta (1919–1932, 1947–1958) a...

of 1983 which brought Thomas Sankara to power. The original flag of Upper Volta, adopted at independence, contained three horizontal stripes of black...

in West Africa: Mauritania, Senegal, French Sudan (now Mali), French Guinea (now Guinea), Ivory Coast, Upper Volta (now Burkina Faso), Dahomey (now Benin)...

Upper Senegal and Niger (French: Haut Sénégal et Niger) was a colony in French West Africa, created on 21 October 1904 from colonial Senegambia and Niger...

Elections to the French National Assembly were held in Upper Volta on 2 January 1956 as part of the wider French elections. The results saw Gérard Kango...

Republic of Upper Volta gained independence from France in 1960 to the present day. A total of seven people have served as head of state of Upper Volta/Burkina...

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A by-election to the French National Assembly was held in Upper Volta on 27 June 1948, alongside Territorial Assembly elections. The election was held...

Minister from 8 February 1974, to 7 July 1978. After Upper Volta achieved complete independence from the French Union in 1960, opposition parties either merged...

of the Republic of Upper Volta in 1971 to the present day. A total of fifteen people have served as Prime Minister of Upper Volta/Burkina Faso (not counting...

(1677–1960) French Upper Volta (now Burkina Faso) (1896–1960) French Togoland (1918–1960) (formerly a German colony, mandate became a French colony) (now...

the French Upper Volta (Haute-Volta, modern Burkina Faso) dissolved, and the northern territory was added to French Sudan. In 1947, Upper Volta was reestablished...

list of notable people from Burkina Faso, formerly French Upper Volta. Sarah Bouyain (born 1968), French-Burkinabé film director Gaston Kaboré (born 1951)...

French civilian administration in 1956. In 1947, French Upper Volta was reconstituted, and the Cercles of Dori and Fada N'Gourma ceded to Upper Volta...

other nearby powerful states. In 1896, the French took over the kingdoms and created the French Upper Volta colony, which for many decades largely governed...

Elections to the French National Assembly were held in Upper Volta on 17 June 1951, as part of the wider French elections. The Voltaic Union (UV) won three...

Étoile Filante de Ouagadougou is a Burkinabé football club based in Ouagadougou. They play their home games at the Stade du 4 Août. The club's colors are...

Association Sportive des Fonctionnaires de Bobo Dioulasso also known as ASF Bobo Dioulasso for short is a Burkinabé football club based in Bobo Dioulasso...

French Niger, French Upper Volta, French Dahomey, French Togoland, and French Sudan. At the beginning of Napoleon III's reign, the presence of France...

Personal details Born (1933-07-29)29 July 1933 Saganyônyôgo, French Upper Volta, French West Africa Died 9 November 2024(2024-11-09) (aged 91) Ouagadougou...

of Burkina Faso, known as Upper Volta until July 1984. The story of the posts in Burkina Faso begins in the 1890s, with French penetration into the area...

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Football Federation. They were known as the Upper Volta national football team until 1984, when Upper Volta became Burkina Faso. They finished fourth in...

born on 14 March 1948 in Diébougou (Bougouriba Province, then in French Upper Volta). He attended high school at Lycée moderne [de] in Bobo-Dioulasso...

drawn using old French maps but never fully demarcated as French colonial ordinances had not carefully delineated the frontier. Upper Volta relied on colonial...

after the French battleship Richelieu had been hit in the port of Dakar, Senegal, in French West Africa on 10 July 1940. In August, Free French General...

(Guinea) French Upper Volta (Republic of Upper Volta, Burkina Faso) French Somaliland (Djibouti) French Sudan (Mali) French Togoland (Togo) French Madagascar...