The Republic of Upper Volta (French: République de Haute-Volta) was a landlocked West African country established on 11 December 1958 as a self-governing...
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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...
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Africa (1919–1932) a territory of the French Union (1947–1958) Republic of Upper Volta (1958–1984) a self-governing republic of the French Community (1958–1960)...
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French colonisation of the territory and its independence as the Republic of Upper Volta in 1960. Iron production occurred in regions near Douroula at least...
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coup of 1983 which brought Thomas Sankara to power. The original flag of Upper Volta, adopted at independence, contained three horizontal stripes of black...
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list of heads of state of Burkina Faso since the Republic of Upper Volta gained independence from France in 1960 to the present day. A total of seven...
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Burkina Faso (redirect from Republic of Burkina Faso)
announced its exit from ECOWAS and the African Union. Formerly the Republic of Upper Volta, the country was renamed "Burkina Faso" on 4 August 1984 by then-President...
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Mariam Sankara (category First ladies of Burkina Faso)
Lady of the country. Thomas Sankara, a Marxist and pan-Africanist army officer, became President of what was then known as the Republic of Upper Volta after...
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Saye Zerbo (category Heads of state of Burkina Faso)
was a Burkinabé military officer who was the third President of the Republic of Upper Volta (now Burkina Faso) from 25 November 1980 until 7 November 1982...
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Historical African place names (category History of Africa)
Eswatini French Upper Volta - Republic of Upper Volta - Burkina Faso Zaire - Republic of the Congo - Democratic Republic of the Congo List of former sovereign...
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This is a list of prime ministers of Burkina Faso since the formation of the post of Prime Minister of the Republic of Upper Volta in 1971 to the present...
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Maurice Yaméogo (category Heads of state of Burkina Faso)
President of the Republic of Upper Volta, now called Burkina Faso, from 1960 until 1966. "Monsieur Maurice" embodied the Voltaic state at the moment of independence...
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On 4 August 1983, a coup d'état was launched in the Republic of Upper Volta (today Burkina Faso) in an event sometimes referred to as the August revolution...
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Thomas Sankara (redirect from People's Republic of Burkina Faso)
the Republic of Upper Volta and launched an unprecedented series of social, ecological, and economic reforms. In 1984, Sankara oversaw the renaming of the...
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Sahel-Benin Union (category 1958 in Upper Volta)
Union was a short-lived union of four former French colonies of French West Africa, that were the four Republics of Upper Volta (Burkina Faso), Niger, Dahomey...
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near the town of Nea Anchialos in Greece Tennessee Volunteers, the sports teams of the University of Tennessee Republic of Upper Volta, a country in Africa...
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Minister of Foreign Affairs of the Republic of Burkina Faso (previously known as the Republic of Upper Volta) is a government minister in charge of the Ministry...
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Jean-Baptiste Boukary Lingani (category Defence ministers of Burkina Faso)
officer of Army of the Republic of Upper Volta executed on September 19, 1989 along with Henri Zongo by Blaise Compaoré who accused them of plotting...
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control." Two decades after decolonization from France, the Republic of Upper Volta had suffered numerous military regimes and uprisings (primarily led by...
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French Community (category Presidency of Charles de Gaulle)
June, the federation of Mali and the Malagasy Republic become independent within the Community; in August, Dahomey, Niger, Upper Volta and Ivory Coast become...
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Cameroon (91% of modern Cameroon) French Chad French Congo (Republic of the Congo) French Guinea (Guinea) French Upper Volta (Republic of Upper Volta, Burkina...
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Toussaint Natama (category 2004 African Cup of Nations players)
three appearances for the Burkina Faso national team. Born in the Republic of Upper Volta, Natama began playing football with local side ÉF Ouagadougou....
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(December 4, 1958) Republic of Upper Volta, current Burkina Faso (December 11, 1958) Republic of Niger (December 19, 1958) Republic of Cameroon (January 1, 1960)...
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The 1966 Upper Voltan coup d'état was an event which took place on 3 January 1966 in the Republic of Upper Volta (today Burkina Faso), when following...
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1958 Upper Volta became an autonomous republic in the French Community (Communauté française), and achieved independence as the Republic of Upper Volta on...
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This is a list of all sovereign states and dependencies by total fertility rate (TFR): the expected number of children born per woman in her child-bearing...
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fame of that of other West African countries, and many popular recordings are imported from Europe, the United States and Democratic Republic of the Congo...
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Agacher Strip War (category Territorial disputes of Burkina Faso)
restore it in 1947. The Republic of Upper Volta and the Republic of Mali were granted independence in 1960. In north-eastern Upper Volta an approximately 160-kilometre-long...
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Jean-Baptiste Ouédraogo (category Heads of state of Burkina Faso)
Burkinabé physician and retired military officer who served as President of Upper Volta (now Burkina Faso) from 8 November 1982 to 4 August 1983. He has since...
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Public holidays in Burkina Faso (redirect from Republic Day (Upper Volta))
October 31, 2020". AnydayGuide. Retrieved August 23, 2020. "Proclamation of the Republic in Burkina Faso in 2020". Office Holidays. Retrieved August 23, 2020...
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