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    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...
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    from terrorists during an operation in Burkina Faso. French commandos took down the location in Burkina Faso which was considered a terrorist camp. Two...
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    the Tuareg Berbers in large parts of Mali, Niger, Algeria, Libya and Burkina Faso, with a few speakers, the Kinnin, in Chad. Tuareg dialects belong to...
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    Burkinabe nationality law is regulated by the Constitution of Burkina Faso, as amended; the Persons and Family Code (French: Code des personnes et de la...
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    Maurice Yaméogo (category Heads of state of Burkina Faso)
    1993) was the first President of the Republic of Upper Volta, now called Burkina Faso, from 1960 until 1966. "Monsieur Maurice" embodied the Voltaic state...
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    as French Sudan) was originally included, along with modern Niger and Burkina Faso, within the Upper Senegal and Niger colony, however it was later split...
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    December 2023. "Burkina Faso junta says it thwarted coup attempt". France 24. 27 September 2023. Retrieved 19 December 2023. "Au Burkina Faso, toujours des...
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    Indonesian battalion Forobaranga – Burkina Faso battalion (closed by December 2017, following departure of Burkina Faso contingent) Sector Central Zalingei...
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  • PRESIDENT DU FASO, PRESIDENT DU CONSEIL DES MINISTRES" (PDF). Conseil Constitutionnel Du Burkina Faso. 2002. "LA DÉMOCRATIE AU Burkina Faso" (PDF). "Nomination...
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    born here. Portel-des-Corbières, France Stockelsdorf, Germany Kawara, Burkina Faso The ESSM Le Portel is a French basketball club, based in Le Portel. Communes...
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  • Kafougouna Koné (category 1944 births)
    Groupement Opérationnels Tactiques during the Malian offensive against Burkina Faso. Kafougouna Koné was serving as the Chief of Staff of the Army at the...
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    which included France's former colonies in sub-Saharan Africa (Benin, Burkina Faso, Central African Republic, Chad, Comoros, Djibouti, Gabon, Guinea, Ivory...
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  • October 2016. "Au Burkina Faso, le pouvoir affirme avoir déjoué une tentative de coup d'Etat". Le Monde.fr. 21 October 2016. "Burkina Faso's military Junta...
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    Warsaw Flers is twinned with: Warminster, England, since 1973 Poundou, Burkina Faso, since 1977 Wunstorf, Germany, since 1994 Charleston, South Carolina...
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  • Panama, Costa Rica, Nicaragua, Japan, Russia, Indonesia, Israel, Armenia, Burkina Faso, Nigeria, Ivory Coast, Singapore, South Korea, Dominican Republic, Ghana...
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    StG 44 (redirect from 1944 storm rifle)
    screen. In 2013 a small number of StG44 rifles were seized from rebels in Burkina Faso, it is thought that they were looted from government depots during the...
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  • 1960 Independence for Burkina Faso and Côte d'Ivoire 1960 Independence for Burkina Faso and Mali 1960 Independence for Burkina Faso and Niger 1931 South...
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    to the northeast, Chad to the east, Nigeria to the south, Benin and Burkina Faso to the southwest, Mali to the west, and Algeria to the northwest. It...
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    of West African States (ECOWAS) on the country, a deal, brokered in Burkina Faso by President Blaise Compaoré under the auspices of ECOWAS, was signed...
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  • Sankara and Blaise Compaoré. Upper Volta was renamed Burkina Faso. Blaise Compaoré led the 1987 Burkina Faso coup d'état, which killed Thomas Sankara and reversed...
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    "Burkina Faso abolishes death penalty in new penal code". Burkina Faso abolishes death penalty in new penal code. Retrieved 1 June 2018. "Burkina Faso"...
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  • and lawyer Christine Kangaloo as president in a 48–22 vote. January 21 Burkina Faso requests French forces to withdraw from its territory after suspending...
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    Luigi Ventura (category Apostolic Nuncios to Burkina Faso)
    titular archbishop of Equilium and apostolic nuncio to the Côte d'Ivoire, Burkina Faso and Niger. He was consecrated a bishop on 29 April 1995 by Cardinal Angelo...
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  • Zuma sentenced by South Africa's top court". BBC News. 29 June 2021. "Burkina Faso restores constitution, names coup leader president". Al Jazeera. 31 January...
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    400 km de Bamako" (in French). Retrieved 14 January 2013. "MALI UPDATE 5: Burkina Faso, Nigeria to send troops to Mali". English.ahram.org.eg. Retrieved 13...
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  • "Burkina, Guinea, Mali: A new axis on the continent?". 9 February 2023. "Burkina Faso, Mali, and Niger muse forming federation". 1 December 2023. Foltz, William...
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    par année civile (en milliers et au milieu de l'année) par milieu de résidence : 1960 – 2050". Haut-Commissariat au Plan du Royaume du Maroc. Archived...
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    March 2012. "Différend frontier Burkina-Bénin: Kourou/Koalou déclarée zone (...) - leFaso.net, l'actualité au Burkina Faso". lefaso.net (in French). Retrieved...
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    26 March 2024. "Burkina Faso". MUSÉE DE LA GENDARMERIE NATIONALE (in French and English). 2023. Retrieved 26 March 2024. "Burkina Faso Country Security...
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  • daughter, Catherine Hutin-Blay. The young family moved to Upper Volta (now Burkina Faso) in West Africa where Hutin worked, but Jacqueline returned to France...
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