• 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...
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    que gagnent les hautes personnalités - leFaso.net, l'actualité au Burkina Faso". lefaso.net. "Burkina Faso transitional president names jurist as interim...
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    WAH-gə-DOO-goo, Mossi: [ˈwɔɣədəɣʊ], French: [waɡaduɡu]) is the capital of Burkina Faso, and the administrative, communications, cultural and economic centre...
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    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...
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    Burkina Faso has good relations with the European Union, African and certain Asian countries. France, the former colonial power, in particular, continues...
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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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  • Marxist revolutionary and Pan-Africanist who served as President of Burkina Faso from his coup in 1983 to his assassination in 1987. He is viewed by supporters...
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    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...
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    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...
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  • of Justice, Human Rights and Civic Promotion, Keeper of the Seals of Burkina Faso is responsible for the following: Justice (organization of the judicial...
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    Human rights in Burkina Faso are addressed in its constitution, which was ratified in 1991. The 2009 Human Rights Report by the United States Department...
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    The Burkina Faso–Niger border is 622 km (386 m) in length and runs from the tripoint with Mali in the north to the tripoint with Benin in the south. The...
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    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...
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    University of Ouagadougou (category Universities and colleges in Burkina Faso)
    Université de Ouagadougou) is a university located in Ouagadougou, Burkina Faso. Founded in 1974, it was officially renamed in 2015 as l’Université Ouaga 1 Professeur...
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  • mineurs. In January 2019, she donated her research work to the Embassy of Burkina Faso in France [fr]. That month, she received a state doctorate in a ceremony...
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    Gérard Kango Ouédraogo (category People from Nord Region (Burkina Faso))
    who served as Prime Minister of Upper Volta (now Burkina Faso) from 13 February 1971 to 8 February 1974. He was subsequently President of the National Assembly...
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    The Burkina Faso–Mali border is 1,325 km (823 m) in length and runs from the tripoint with Ivory Coast in the west to the tripoint with Niger in the east...
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  • 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...
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  • 1983 Upper Voltan coup d'état (category Military coups in Burkina Faso)
    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:...
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    In 2013 the first Caravane concert was held at the refugee camp in Burkina Faso, and in July and August 2013, Tartit, Imharhan, and Mamadou Kelly toured...
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    Luc-Adolphe Tiao (category Ambassadors of Burkina Faso to France)
    journalist who was Prime Minister of Burkina Faso from 2011 to 2014. Born at Tenkodogo, Tiao attended a seminary from 1969 to 1974 and studied to become a priest...
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    Victory", Mossi: "Burkina Faso fãag-m-meng yɩɩlle";) or "Une Seule Nuit" ("One Single Night"), is the national anthem of Burkina Faso. Former president...
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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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    Jean-Baptiste Ouédraogo (category Heads of state of Burkina Faso)
    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...
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    Joséphine Ouédraogo (category Government ministers of 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...
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    au 21 juillet 2023 - leFaso.net". lefaso.net (in French). Retrieved 21 November 2023. Portugal, Rádio e Televisão de (9 December 2009). "Burkina Faso...
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    Kadré Désiré Ouédraogo (category Ambassadors of Burkina Faso to the United Kingdom)
    in Boussouma) is a Burkinabè statesman. He was the Prime Minister of Burkina Faso from 1996 to 2000 and Chairman of the Commission of the Economic Community...
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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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    Jula or Julakan; French: Dioula), spoken mainly in Côte d'Ivoire and Burkina Faso. The name "Jula" is actually a Manding word meaning "trader.") Other...
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  • Nkurunziza (Burundi), and el-Sisi (Egypt). In 2005, the president of Burkina Faso, Blaise Compaoré, exploited a quirk of the 1991 constitution to stay...
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