Events in the year 2012 in Burkina Faso. President: Blaise Compaoré Prime Minister: Luc-Adolphe Tiao January 16 – The government of Tajikistan creates...
5 KB (415 words) - 08:00, 31 August 2024
ongoing war and civil conflict between the Government of Burkina Faso and Islamist rebels began in August 2015 and has led to the displacement of over 2...
106 KB (8,550 words) - 08:37, 9 September 2024
The Burkina Faso Armed Forces (French: Forces armées du Burkina Faso) is the term used for the national military of Burkina Faso. The service branches...
20 KB (1,921 words) - 21:43, 21 May 2024
Burkina Faso's 22.1 million people belong to two major West African cultural groups: the Gur (Voltaic) and the Mandé. The Voltaic are far more numerous...
33 KB (1,687 words) - 08:00, 21 May 2024
Burkina Faso is a landlocked country in West Africa. It covers an area of 274,223 km2 (105,878 sq mi), bordered by Mali to the northwest, Niger to the...
167 KB (16,598 words) - 14:59, 9 September 2024
The Burkina Faso national football team (French: Équipe de football du Burkina Faso) represents Burkina Faso in men's international football and is controlled...
47 KB (1,022 words) - 04:54, 12 September 2024
Burkina Faso (formerly Upper Volta) is a landlocked Sahel country that shares borders with six nations. It lies between the Sahara desert and the Gulf...
16 KB (1,276 words) - 20:32, 12 June 2024
Telecommunications in Burkina Faso include radio, television, fixed and mobile telephones, and the Internet. The telephony market in Burkina Faso is still relatively...
18 KB (2,017 words) - 00:20, 4 July 2024
The economy of Burkina Faso is based primarily on subsistence farming and livestock raising. Burkina Faso has an average income purchasing-power-parity...
19 KB (1,704 words) - 03:17, 13 September 2024
Burkina Faso is a religiously diverse society, with Islam being the dominant religion. According to the latest 2019 census, 63.8% of the population adheres...
8 KB (651 words) - 10:45, 19 July 2024
The regions of Burkina Faso are divided into 45 administrative provinces. These 45 provinces are currently sub-divided into 351 departments or communes...
10 KB (350 words) - 03:11, 15 July 2024
A landlocked sub-Saharan country, Burkina Faso is among the poorest countries in the world—44 percent of its population lives below the international poverty...
30 KB (3,448 words) - 11:18, 13 September 2024
often plays a significant role in Burkina Faso’s economy. Burkina Faso has become Africa's 4th biggest producer of gold in 2012. Production of mineral commodities...
13 KB (1,669 words) - 20:53, 9 September 2024
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...
66 KB (5,479 words) - 23:58, 12 September 2024
The 1987 Burkina Faso coup d'état was a bloody military coup in Burkina Faso, which took place on 15 October 1987. The coup was organized by Captain Blaise...
9 KB (654 words) - 18:50, 16 July 2024
of Burkina Faso. In 1995, it became the lower house of a bicameral parliament, but the upper house (Chamber of Representatives) was abolished in 2002...
17 KB (940 words) - 05:16, 18 November 2023
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...
11 KB (1,330 words) - 19:55, 12 September 2024
Thomas Sankara (redirect from People's Republic of Burkina Faso)
served as President of Burkina Faso from his coup in 1983 to his assassination in 1987. After being appointed Prime Minister in 1983, disputes with the...
82 KB (8,786 words) - 23:24, 10 September 2024
A coup d'état took place in Burkina Faso on 30 September 2022, removing Interim President Paul-Henri Sandaogo Damiba over his alleged inability to deal...
22 KB (2,090 words) - 19:04, 4 September 2024
The culture of Burkina Faso in West Africa is also called the Burkinabé culture. Two key elements of culture in Burkina Faso (a country once known as...
8 KB (749 words) - 13:27, 18 May 2024
of the Burkina Faso Armed Forces attempted to overthrow the ruling military junta led by Ibrahim Traoré, which came to power a year earlier. In a previous...
11 KB (1,022 words) - 01:41, 1 July 2024
There are 622 kilometres of 1,000 mm (3 ft 3+3⁄8 in) metre gauge railway in Burkina Faso, which run from Kaya to the border with Côte d'Ivoire and is...
6 KB (480 words) - 09:07, 22 May 2024
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...
71 KB (4,107 words) - 23:52, 26 August 2024
The history of Burkina Faso includes the history of various kingdoms within the country, such as the Mossi kingdoms, as well as the later French colonisation...
38 KB (3,730 words) - 20:42, 12 September 2024
The music of Burkina Faso includes the folk music of 60 different ethnic groups. The Mossi people, centrally located around the capital, Ouagadougou, account...
11 KB (1,176 words) - 07:03, 5 June 2024
Burkina Faso has sent athletes to every Summer Olympic Games held since 1988. Under its previous name of Upper Volta (VOL), the country also competed in...
6 KB (137 words) - 04:01, 20 August 2024
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...
50 KB (4,319 words) - 01:46, 1 July 2024
and towns in Burkina Faso. 1200 Logement Abanga Abassi Abaye Aribinda Ayaraba Babakou Babanloua Bagré Bagzan Balkuy Bangma Banga, Burkina Faso Banfora Bangaba...
10 KB (331 words) - 16:58, 19 April 2024
The Burkina Faso women's national football team represents Burkina Faso in international women's football. It is governed by the Burkinabé Football Federation...
29 KB (687 words) - 00:03, 7 September 2024
particular, the intensive conflict in the three countries of Mali, Niger and Burkina Faso has been referred to as the Sahel War. The conflict is generally seen...
177 KB (16,230 words) - 21:03, 12 September 2024