The economy of Burkina Faso is based primarily on subsistence farming and livestock raising. Burkina Faso has an average income purchasing-power-parity...

The Burkina Faso Armed Forces (French: Forces armées du Burkina Faso) are the military of Burkina Faso. The service branches of the armed forces include...

officer, Marxist revolutionary and Pan-Africanist who became President of Burkina Faso from 1983, when he took over in a coup, until his assassination in 1987...

On 26 September 2023, dissidents of the Burkina Faso Armed Forces attempted to overthrow the ruling military junta led by Ibrahim Traoré, which came to...

The 2014 Burkina Faso uprising was a series of demonstrations and riots in Burkina Faso in October 2014 that quickly spread to multiple cities. They began...

A coup d'état was launched in Burkina Faso on 23 January 2022. Gunfire erupted in front of the presidential residence in the Burkinabé capital Ouagadougou...

Burkina Faso elects on the national level a head of state – the president – and a legislature. The president is elected for a five-year term by the people...

Burkina Faso has good relations with the European Union, African and certain Asian countries. According to the U.S. State Department, "U.S. relations with...

Terrorism in Burkina Faso refers to non-state actor violence in Burkina Faso carried out with the intent of causing fear and spreading extremist ideology...

The 2011 Burkina Faso protests were a series of popular protests in Burkina Faso. On 15 February, members of the military mutinied in the capital Ouagadougou...

Christianity is a minority religion in Burkina Faso. According to the 2019 census, 20.1% of the population were Roman Catholic, while 6.2% were Protestant;...

Révolution, CDRs) were systems of local revolutionary cells, established in Burkina Faso by the Marxist-Leninist and pan-Africanist leader Thomas Sankara, President...

The COVID-19 pandemic in Burkina Faso was a part of the ongoing worldwide pandemic of coronavirus disease 2019 (COVID-19) caused by severe acute respiratory...

Burkinabé-Ivorian former politician who served as the second president of Burkina Faso from 1987 to 2014. He was a close associate of the first president, Thomas...

Boulkiemdé, Burkina Faso, a town Gogo, Zoundwéogo, Burkina Faso, a city Gogo Department, a department in central Burkina Faso Gogo Formation, a fossil...

Burkina Faso until March 2015. He is a member of the Congress for Democracy and Progress party and a Grand Officer of the National Order of Burkina Faso...

The 1989 Burkina Faso coup d'état attempt was allegedly an attempt at a military coup d'état, planned by Jean-Baptiste Boukary Lingani and Henri Zongo...

Events in the year 2011 in Burkina Faso. President: Blaise Compaoré Prime Minister: Tertius Zongo (until 18 April) Luc-Adolphe Tiao (from 18 April) 15...

Air Burkina SA is the national airline of Burkina Faso, operating scheduled services from its main base at Ouagadougou Airport to one domestic destination...

Burkina Faso (previously known as the Republic of Upper Volta) is a government minister in charge of the Ministry of Foreign Affairs of Burkina Faso,...

applied to denote a left-wing ideological trend within the politics of Burkina Faso, a landlocked country in West Africa, as well as the policies of the...

of Burkina Faso. Born in the Dabou, Ivory Coast, after becoming the First Lady in 1987 she spent much of her time on charity work in Burkina Faso. Her...

Tribunals) were a system of courts, through which the workers and peasants of Burkina Faso were intended to be able to participate in and monitor the trials of...

The Burkina Faso–Ghana border is 602 km (374 m) in length and runs from the tripoint with Ivory Coast in the west to the tripoint with Togo in the east...

President Compaore the previous year. "Burkina Faso profile - Timeline". BBC News. 5 March 2018. Retrieved 18 June 2021. "13 go on trial for plotting coup against...

in Burkina Faso by several factions of Jihadist Islamist rebels. The siege began in February 2022, and is part of the Jihadist insurgency in Burkina Faso...

The Burkina Faso–Sweden Friendship Association (Swedish: Vänskapsföreningen Burkina Faso–Sverige, French: L’Association d’Amitié Burkina Faso–Suède, ASSAMBUS)...

The Burkina Faso–Niger border is 622 km (386 m) in length and runs from the tripoint with Mali in the north to the tripoint with Benin in the south. The...

cultural festival celebrating traditional African masks held in Dédougou, Burkina Faso. Founded to help preserve traditional cultural practices in the modern...

Science and technology in Burkina Faso summarizes trends in scientific education, research in policy in Burkina Faso since 2010, within the West Africa...