Burkina Faso has good relations with the European Union, African and certain Asian countries. France, the former colonial power, in particular, continues...

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...

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...

WAH-gə-DOO-goo, Mossi: [ˈwɔɣədəɣʊ], French: [waɡaduɡu]) is the capital of Burkina Faso, and the administrative, communications, cultural and economic centre...

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...

Football is the most popular sport in Burkina Faso. And the national association can look back on recent developments with a great deal of pride. Reaching...

in Burkina Faso with a population of 1,129,000 (as of 2023[update]); it is the second-largest city in the country, after Ouagadougou, Burkina Faso's capital...

The 2015 Burkina Faso coup d'état attempt was a failed coup d'état launched on 16 September 2015 in Burkina Faso, when members of the Regiment of Presidential...

Descarries, Francine (2010). "Les femmes dans le pouvoir exécutif au Burkina Faso (1957-2009)" (in French). Erudit: Recherches féministes, vol 23, no...

nearby countries, such as in Guinea, Mali, and Sudan in 2021, and two in Burkina Faso in January and September 2022, which has led to the region being called...

Victory", Mossi: "Burkina Faso fãag-m-meng yɩɩlle";) or "Une Seule Nuit" ("One Single Night"), is the national anthem of Burkina Faso. Former president...

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...

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 (French:...

au 21 juillet 2023 - leFaso.net". lefaso.net (in French). Retrieved 21 November 2023. Portugal, Rádio e Televisão de (9 December 2009). "Burkina Faso...

Burkinabé sociologist and politician. She served as Minister of Justice of Burkina Faso from 2014 to 2016. Ouédraogo was born in 1949 and received her early...

retired military officer who served as President of Upper Volta (now Burkina Faso) from 8 November 1982 to 4 August 1983. He has since mediated a few national...

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...

children include Sika Bella Kaboré, who has served as the First Lady of Burkina Faso since 2015 as the wife of President Roch Marc Christian Kaboré. Mawupé...

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...

commander-in-chief in French Algeria), it took place from the afternoon of 21 to 26 April 1961 in the midst of the Algerian War (1954–1962). The organisers of the putsch...

Burkina Faso, Sikasso acts as a crossroads between the coastal countries (Togo, Bénin, Ghana, Côte d'Ivoire) and the landlocked Mali and Burkina Faso...

led by Traoré and Burkina Faso led by Thomas Sankara. Traoré's regime struggled to manage social unrest. When officials in Burkina Faso conducted a census...

born in 1961 in Ruhondo, Musanze District. He studied in a number of countries, including the Democratic Republic of Congo, France, and Burkina Faso. He obtained...

Mouritala Ogunbiyi Steve Mounié  Bosnia and Herzegovina Mehmed Baždarević  Burkina Faso Issouf Ouattara  Cameroon Benjamin Moukandjo  Central African Republic...

Archived from the original on 30 August 2023. Retrieved 31 August 2023. "Au Gabon, Ali Bongo réélu président avec 64,27 % des voix" (in French). France...

Union relations Angolan War of Independence Botswana–Russia relations Burkina Faso–Soviet Union relations Ethiopia–Russia relations Ivory Coast–Soviet Union...

from the original on 27 October 2021. Retrieved 27 October 2021. "AU suspends Burkina Faso after coup as envoys head for talks". www.aljazeera.com. Archived...

which included France's former colonies in sub-Saharan Africa (Benin, Burkina Faso, Central African Republic, Chad, Comoros, Djibouti, Gabon, Guinea, Ivory...

Authority, which seeks to develop the contiguous areas of Mali, Niger, and Burkina Faso; the Niger River Commission; the Permanent Interstate Committee for drought...

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...