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 was launched in Burkina Faso on 23 January 2022. Gunfire erupted in front of the presidential residence in the Burkinabé capital Ouagadougou...

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...

ambassador of Canada to Burkina Faso is the official representative of the Canadian government to the government of Burkina Faso. The official title for...

served as the President of Burkina Faso from 2015 until he was deposed in 2022. He was the Prime Minister of Burkina Faso between 1994 and 1996 and President...

of Justice, Human Rights and Civic Promotion, Keeper of the Seals of Burkina Faso is responsible for the following: Justice (organization of the judicial...

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...

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...

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...

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...

attacks the CPA 10 ensured the protection of both the French embassy in Burkina Faso and the Burkinabe Armed Forces General Staff. Momi, Rachele (2023-04-01)...

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:...

Africa such as Burkina Faso, Mali, Niger, Chad, and Guinea also passes through the port. Traffic through the port reached 1,200,000 tons by 1962; in 2002 it...

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...

final. The South Africans would reach the final again two years later in Burkina Faso, but were unable to defend their title, losing to Egypt who claimed their...

determined) Algeria (from 31 October 1954 to 1962) Antilles (from 16 April 2005 to 15 June 2005). Burkina Faso, Mali, Mauritania, Niger and Tchad (Operation...

from the tripoint with Burkina Faso in the west to the tripoint with Algeria in the east. Beginning at the tripoint with Burkina Faso, the border proceeds...

assassinated revolutionary leaders of the Democratic Republic of the Congo and Burkina Faso respectively. Lumumba has referred to and quoted them several times in...

programs involved with family planning and reproductive health in Senegal, Burkina Faso and Côte d'Ivoire. She also worked for the United Nations Population...

Bosnia-Herzegovina: Four Huey IIs delivered on December 4, 2021. Armed Forces of Burkina Faso – 2 UH-1H Chilean Air Force - UH-1D and UH-1H Colombian Aerospace Force...

PRESIDENT DU FASO, PRESIDENT DU CONSEIL DES MINISTRES" (PDF). Conseil Constitutionnel Du Burkina Faso. 2002. "LA DÉMOCRATIE AU Burkina Faso" (PDF). "Nomination...

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...

mechanisms. The former, supported by Nigeria, Senegal, Côte d'Ivoire and Burkina Faso, advocated a year-long transitional process; while the later, supported...

and Sangaré. These names are also found among the Fula population of Burkina Faso, along with other names like Barry, Dicko and Sankara (derived from Sangaré)...

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

droits de l'Homme) (UIDH), regional organization based in Ouagadougou (Burkina-Faso). In 1995 he founded and presided the African Center for the Prevention...

from Zinder. Niger was originally included, along with modern Mali and Burkina Faso, within the Upper Senegal and Niger colony, however it was split off...