Tagged: Burkina Faso

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Burkina Faso flag

Burkina Faso Overview

Burkina Faso, formerly the Upper Volta, is a state in West Africa, bordering Benin, Ivory Coast, Ghana, Mali, Niger and Togo. Burkina Faso consists mostly of savannah and three large rivers flow through the...

Ivory Coast

Mass Media in Western Africa

Mass Media on Ivory Coast Ivory Coast has 22 daily newspapers. The ruling party PDCI’s main body Fraternité-Matin (circulation 2005: 26,000) is one of five national newspapers. A number of newspapers were started after...

Burkina Faso Population and Language

Burkina Faso Population and Language

Burkina Faso has a young population, nearly half of the population is under 15 years. Population growth is high. Almost two out of three Burkinis live in the countryside, but the move into the...

Movies in Burkina Faso

Movies in Burkina Faso

A state-organized film production has been around since the early 1970s, including by pioneer Mamadou Djim Kola. In the 1980s, several of the films, often co-productions with European countries, were noticed internationally. Among the...

Burkina Faso’s Literature

Burkina Faso’s Literature

The written literature in Burkina Faso is of relatively new date. The country had some writers in the interwar period, but it was only after independence in 1960 that it gained a literary tradition...

Bam River

Economics and Business in Burkina Faso

Burkina Faso is an agricultural land with limited natural resources in the dry Sahel belt of West Africa. Climatic conditions, with irregular rainfall and constant lack of water, do not facilitate the conditions for...

Burkina Faso History

The History of Burkina Faso

Older history The pre-colonial history is closely related to the Mossi kingdoms, which was founded in the 1300s, but archaeological finds from a Neolithic culture have been made. Bobo, lobi and gurunsi are the...

Burkina Faso Army

Burkina Faso’s Defense and Political System

Burkina Faso’s Defense The total force figures for Burkina Faso’s armed forces are 11,200 active personnel, including 4200 in a gendarmerie (2018, IISS). In addition there are 250 semi-military security forces. From November 2014,...

Burkina Faso has a rich wildlife.

Geography of Burkina Faso

Most of Burkina Faso is a 200–300 m high bedrock plateau. The plateau, which has a slight slope to the south, is intersected by the rivers Nakambe (White Volta), Nazinon (Red Volta) and Mouhoun...

Village of Tiebele

Burkina Faso

Burkina Faso, Republic of West Africa, inland. The country borders Mali in the west and north, Niger in the east, Benin in the southeast, Togo and Ghana in the south and Ivory Coast in...