Sahel region of West Africa since the 2011 Arab Spring. In particular, the intensive conflict in the three countries of Mali, Niger and Burkina Faso has...

The Alliance of Sahel States (AES/ASS) is a mutual defense pact created between Mali, Niger, and Burkina Faso on 16 September 2023. The pact was created...

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...

2023-06-07. Powelton, Frédéric (2023-03-07). "Burkina Faso: Composition du nouveau gouvernement de la Transition". Sahel Intelligence (in French). Archived from...

killing five people on board. 7 March – The Alliance of Sahel States, comprising Mali, Burkina Faso and Niger, announce the creation of a joint force between...

Sahel ([sa.ɛl], "Sahel") is one of Burkina Faso's 13 administrative regions. It was created on 2 July 2001. The region's capital is Dori. Four provinces...

February 2014 in Nouakchott, Mauritania, at a summit of five Sahel countries: Burkina Faso, Chad, Mali, Mauritania, and Niger. It adopted a convention...

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...

Marxist revolutionary and Pan-Africanist who served as President of Burkina Faso from his coup in 1983 to his assassination in 1987. After being appointed...

being the Burkinabè theatre of the insurgency in the Sahel. Blaise Compaoré, president of Burkina Faso from 1987 to 2014, treated Islamists somewhat better...

executive office is located in Ouagadougou, Burkina Faso. List of countries that are a member: Benin Burkina Faso Cape Verde Chad Gambia Guinea Guinea-Bissau...

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...

centimetres (3 ft) apart. The technique is traditionally used in western Sahel (Burkina Faso, Niger, Mali) to restore degraded drylands and increase soil fertility...

countries, all of which are former French colonies that span the Sahel: Burkina Faso, Chad, Mali, Mauritania and Niger. Mali was a part of the operation...

northeastern Burkina Faso, near the border of Niger. It is located at around 14°02′N 0°02′W / 14.03°N 0.03°W / 14.03; -0.03. It is the capital of Sahel Region...

Relations between Burkina Faso and the United States are good but has been subject to strains in the past because of the Compaoré government's past involvement...

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...

The unicameral National Assembly is the legislative body of Burkina Faso. In 1995, it became the lower house of a bicameral parliament, but the upper house...

of Sahel in Burkina Faso. It is at 13°19'27.4"N 0°18'41.4"E and has an unknown population (2024). Démographie on the site of communes of Burkina Faso. "Abanga...

The Politics of Burkina Faso takes place in a framework of a semi-presidential republic, whereby the Prime Minister of Burkina Faso is the head of government...

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...

areas in the Sahel include Ferlo Nord Wildlife Reserve in Senegal, Sylvo-Pastoral and Partial Faunal Reserve of the Sahel in Burkina Faso, Ansonga-Ménake...

The music of Burkina Faso includes the folk music of 60 different ethnic groups. The Mossi people, centrally located around the capital, Ouagadougou, account...

Oudalan is one of the 45 provinces of Burkina Faso, located in its Sahel Region. Its capital is Gorom-Gorom. The 2019 census reported 158,146 people living...

of Burkina Faso, located in its Sahel Region. Its capital is Djibo. Soum is divided into 9 departments: Regions of Burkina Faso Provinces of Burkina Faso...

Bank. However, in 2023 the G5 Sahel group was dissolved. The Sahel Alliance "Mali, Niger and Burkina Faso establish Sahel security alliance | News | Al...

Yagha is one of the 45 provinces of Burkina Faso, located in its Sahel Region. Its capital is Sebba. In February 2020, 24 civilians were killed and three...

Séno is one of the 45 provinces of Burkina Faso, located in its Sahel Region. The name of the province comes from the Fulfulde seeno, for "sandy plain...

isolated parts of Burkina Faso. The UN Refugee Agency warned of more lives to possibly fall at risk in the Burkina Faso Centre Nord and Sahel regions. These...

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...