Burkina Faso, the Glossary
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406 relations: Abidjan, ACDI/VOCA, Africa Cup of Nations, African Democratic Rally (Burkina Faso), African Union, AfroBasket, Aid, Aid to the Church in Need, Al-Mourabitoun (militant group), Al-Qaeda, Al-Qaeda in the Islamic Maghreb, AllAfrica, Amalgamation (names), Amplitude modulation, Ancient Ferrous Metallurgy Sites of Burkina Faso, Anglo-French Convention of 1898, Animism, Ansarul Islam (Sahel), Anti-imperialism, Apollinaire J. Kyélem de Tambèla, Archaeological excavation, Arli National Park, Armed Conflict Location and Event Data Project, Arrowhead, Art of Burkina Faso, Athletics at the 2020 Summer Olympics – Men's triple jump, Bamako, Bambara language, Banfora, BBC News, Bean, Benin, Bicameralism, Bissa language, Bissa people, Black Volta, Blaise Compaoré, Bobo Dioulasso Airport, Bobo language, Bobo people, Bobo-Dioulasso, Brussels, Buamu language, Bura culture, Bureau of Democracy, Human Rights, and Labor, Burkina Faso Armed Forces, Burkina Faso men's national basketball team, Burkinabe literature, California Newsreel, Capital city, ... Expand index (356 more) »
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- Economic Community of West African States
- Least developed countries
- States and territories established in 1958
- States and territories established in 1984
- West African countries
Abidjan
Abidjan (N'ko: ߊߓߌߖߊ߲߬) is the largest city and the former capital of Côte d'Ivoire.
ACDI/VOCA
ACDI/VOCA is an international development nonprofit organization based in Washington, D.C., United States, that fosters broad-based economic growth, increased living standards, and community development.
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Africa Cup of Nations
The Africa Cup of Nations, commonly abbreviated as AFCON and officially known as the TotalEnergies Africa Cup of Nations for sponsorship reasons, is the main quadrennial international men's association football competition in Africa.
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African Democratic Rally (Burkina Faso)
The African Democratic Rally (Rassemblement Démocratique Africain) is a political party in Burkina Faso.
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African Union
The African Union (AU) is a continental union of 55 member states located on the continent of Africa.
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AfroBasket
The AfroBasket (alternatively known as the FIBA Africa Championship, FIBA African Championship, or FIBA AfroBasket) is the men's basketball continental championship contested by the senior national teams of Africa, played once every four years.
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Aid
In international relations, aid (also known as international aid, overseas aid, foreign aid, economic aid or foreign assistance) is – from the perspective of governments – a voluntary transfer of resources from one country to another.
Aid to the Church in Need
Aid to the Church in Need (Kirche in Not, Aiuto alla Chiesa che Soffre) is an international Catholic pastoral aid organization, which yearly offers financial support to more than 5,000 projects worldwide.
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Al-Mourabitoun (militant group)
Al-Mourabitoun was an African militant jihadist organization formed by a merger between Ahmed Ould Amer, a.k.a. Ahmed al-Tilemsi's Movement for Oneness and Jihad in West Africa and Mokhtar Belmokhtar's Al-Mulathameen.
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Al-Qaeda
Al-Qaeda is a pan-Islamist militant organization led by Sunni Jihadists who self-identify as a vanguard spearheading a global Islamist revolution to unite the Muslim world under a supra-national Islamic caliphate.
Al-Qaeda in the Islamic Maghreb
Al-Qaeda in the Lands of the Islamic Maghreb (Tanẓīm al-Qā'idah fī Bilād al-Maghrib al-Islāmī), or AQIM, is an Islamist militant organization (of al-Qaeda) that aims to overthrow the Algerian government and institute an Islamic state.
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AllAfrica
allAfrica is a website that aggregates and produces news primarily on the African continent about all areas of African life, politics, issues and culture.
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Amalgamation (names)
An amalgamated name is a name that is formed by combining several previously existing names.
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Amplitude modulation
Amplitude modulation (AM) is a modulation technique used in electronic communication, most commonly for transmitting messages with a radio wave.
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The Ancient Ferrous Metallurgy Sites of Burkina Faso are a collection of ancient metallurgy sites across five locations in the Nord and Centre-Nord regions of Burkina Faso, used to extract iron from ore.
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Anglo-French Convention of 1898
The Anglo-French Convention of 1898, full name the Convention between Great Britain and France for the Delimitation of their respective Possessions to the West of the Niger, and of their respective Possessions and Spheres of Influence to the East of that River, also known as the Niger Convention, was an agreement between Britain and France that concluded the partition of West Africa between the colonial powers by finally fixing the borders in the disputed areas of Northern Nigeria.
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Animism
Animism (from meaning 'breath, spirit, life') is the belief that objects, places, and creatures all possess a distinct spiritual essence.
Ansarul Islam (Sahel)
Ansarul Islam is a militant Islamist group active in Burkina Faso and in Mali.
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Anti-imperialism
Anti-imperialism in political science and international relations is opposition to imperialism or neocolonialism.
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Apollinaire J. Kyélem de Tambèla
Apollinaire Joachim Kyélem de Tambèla (born 1955) is a Burkinabe lawyer, pan-Africanist, writer and statesman, serving as the Prime Minister of Burkina Faso since 2022.
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Archaeological excavation
In archaeology, excavation is the exposure, processing and recording of archaeological remains.
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Arli National Park
Arli National Park, often called Arly, is a national park located in Tapoa Province, southeastern Burkina Faso.
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Armed Conflict Location and Event Data Project
The Armed Conflict Location & Event Data Project (ACLED) is a non-governmental organization specializing in disaggregated conflict data collection, analysis, and crisis mapping.
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Arrowhead
An arrowhead or point is the usually sharpened and hardened tip of an arrow, which contributes a majority of the projectile mass and is responsible for impacting and penetrating a target, as well as to fulfill some special purposes such as signaling.
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Art of Burkina Faso
The art of Burkina Faso is the product of a rich cultural history.
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Athletics at the 2020 Summer Olympics – Men's triple jump
The men's triple jump event at the 2020 Summer Olympics took place between 3 and 5 August 2021 at the Japan National Stadium.
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Bamako
Bamako is the capital and largest city of Mali, with a 2022 population of 4,227,569.
Bambara language
Bambara, also known as Bamana (N'Ko script: ߓߡߊߣߊ߲) or Bamanankan (N'Ko script: ߓߡߊߣߊ߲ߞߊ߲; Arabic script: بَمَنَنكَن), is a lingua franca and national language of Mali spoken by perhaps 14 million people, natively by 4.2 million Bambara people and about 10 million second-language users.
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Banfora
Banfora is a city in southwestern Burkina Faso, with a population of 117,452 (2019 census) making it the sixth most populous city in Burkina Faso.
BBC News
BBC News is an operational business division of the British Broadcasting Corporation (BBC) responsible for the gathering and broadcasting of news and current affairs in the UK and around the world.
Bean
A bean is the seed of several plants in the family Fabaceae, which are used as vegetables for human or animal food.
Benin
Benin (Bénin, Benɛ, Benen), officially the Republic of Benin (République du Bénin), and also known as Dahomey, is a country in West Africa. Burkina Faso and Benin are economic Community of West African States, French West Africa, French-speaking countries and territories, least developed countries, member states of the African Union, member states of the Organisation internationale de la Francophonie, member states of the Organisation of Islamic Cooperation, member states of the United Nations, republics, states and territories established in 1960 and west African countries.
Bicameralism
Bicameralism is a type of legislature that is divided into two separate assemblies, chambers, or houses, known as a bicameral legislature.
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Bissa language
Bissa (or Bisa (singular), Bisan, Bissanno (plural)), is a Mande ethnic group of south-central Burkina Faso, northeastern Ghana and the northernmost tip of Togo.
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Bissa people
Bissa (or Bisa (singular), Bisan, Bissanno (plural)) is a Mande ethnic group of south-central Burkina Faso, northeastern Ghana and the northernmost tip of Togo.
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Black Volta
The Black Volta or Mouhoun is a river that flows through Burkina Faso for approximately 1,352 km (840 mi) to the White Volta in Dagbon, Ghana, the upper end of Lake Volta.
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Blaise Compaoré
Blaise Compaoré (born 3 February 1951)Profiles of People in Power: The World's Government Leaders (2003), page 76–77.
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Bobo Dioulasso Airport
Bobo Dioulasso Airport is an international airport in Bobo Dioulasso, Burkina Faso.
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Bobo language
The Bobo language is a Mande language of Burkina Faso and Mali; the western city of Bobo Dioulasso is named partly for the Bobo people.
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Bobo people
The Bobo are a Mande ethnic group living primarily in Burkina Faso, with some living north in Mali.
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Bobo-Dioulasso
Bobo-Dioulasso is a city in Burkina Faso with a population of 1,129,000; it is the second-largest city in the country, after Ouagadougou, Burkina Faso's capital.
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Brussels
Brussels (Bruxelles,; Brussel), officially the Brussels-Capital Region (All text and all but one graphic show the English name as Brussels-Capital Region.) (Région de Bruxelles-Capitale; Brussels Hoofdstedelijk Gewest), is a region of Belgium comprising 19 municipalities, including the City of Brussels, which is the capital of Belgium. Burkina Faso and Brussels are French-speaking countries and territories.
Buamu language
The principal Bwa language, Eastern Bobo Wule (Buamu, Bwamu), is a Gur language of Burkina Faso.
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Bura culture
The Bura culture (Bura system) refers to a set of archeological sites in the lower Niger River valley of Niger and Burkina Faso.
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Bureau of Democracy, Human Rights, and Labor
The Bureau of Democracy, Human Rights and Labor Affairs (DRL) is a bureau within the United States Department of State.
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Burkina Faso Armed Forces
The Burkina Faso Armed Forces (Forces armées du Burkina Faso) is the term used for the national military of Burkina Faso.
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Burkina Faso men's national basketball team
The Burkina Faso national basketball team is the national basketball team of Burkina Faso, governed by the Fédération Burkinabe de Basketball.
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Burkinabe literature
Burkinabé literature grew out of oral tradition, which remains important.
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California Newsreel
California Newsreel is an American non-profit, social justice film distribution and production company based in San Francisco, California.
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Capital city
A capital city or just capital is the municipality holding primary status in a country, state, province, department, or other subnational division, usually as its seat of the government.
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Cassiterite
Cassiterite is a tin oxide mineral, SnO2.
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Côte d'Ivoire
Côte d'Ivoire, also known as Ivory Coast and officially known as the Republic of Côte d'Ivoire, is a country on the southern coast of West Africa. Burkina Faso and Côte d'Ivoire are economic Community of West African States, French-speaking countries and territories, member states of the African Union, member states of the Organisation internationale de la Francophonie, member states of the Organisation of Islamic Cooperation, member states of the United Nations, republics, states and territories established in 1960 and west African countries.
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Central Bank of West African States
The Central Bank of West African States (Banque Centrale des États de l'Afrique de l'Ouest, BCEAO) is a central bank serving the eight west African countries which share the common West African CFA franc currency and comprise the West African Economic and Monetary Union.
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Central Intelligence Agency
The Central Intelligence Agency (CIA), known informally as the Agency, metonymously as Langley and historically as the Company, is a civilian foreign intelligence service of the federal government of the United States tasked with gathering, processing, and analyzing national security information from around the world, primarily through the use of human intelligence (HUMINT) and conducting covert action through its Directorate of Operations.
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Cerma language
Cerma (Kirma) is a Gur language of Burkina Faso.
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Chisel
A chisel is a wedged hand tool with a characteristically shaped cutting edge on the end of its blade, for carving or cutting a hard material (e.g. wood, stone, or metal).
Christianity in Burkina Faso
Christianity is a minority religion in Burkina Faso.
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Cinema of Africa
Cinema of Africa covers both the history and present of the making or screening of films on the African continent, and also refers to the persons involved in this form of audiovisual culture.
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Cinema of Burkina Faso
The cinema of Burkina Faso is one of the more significant in Africa, with a history that spans several decades and includes the production of many award-winning films.
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Civil society
Civil society can be understood as the "third sector" of society, distinct from government and business, and including the family and the private sphere.
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Civilization
A civilization (civilisation) is any complex society characterized by the development of the state, social stratification, urbanization, and symbolic systems of communication beyond signed or spoken languages (namely, writing systems and graphic arts).
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Coercion
Coercion involves compelling a party to act in an involuntary manner by the use of threats, including threats to use force against that party.
Colonialism
Colonialism is the pursuing, establishing and maintaining of control and exploitation of people and of resources by a foreign group.
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Colonization
independence. Colonization (British English: colonisation) is a process of establishing control over foreign territories or peoples for the purpose of exploitation and possibly settlement, setting up coloniality and often colonies, commonly pursued and maintained by colonialism.
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Committee to Protect Journalists
The Committee to Protect Journalists (CPJ) is an American independent non-profit, non-governmental organization, based in New York City, with correspondents around the world.
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Committees for the Defense of the Revolution (Burkina Faso)
The Committees for the Defense of the Revolution (Comités de Défense de la Révolution, CDRs) were systems of local revolutionary cells, established in Burkina Faso by the Marxist-Leninist and pan-Africanist leader Thomas Sankara, President of the country from 1983 until his assassination in 1987.
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The Community of Sahel–Saharan States (CEN-SAD; Arabic:; French: Communauté des Etats Sahélo-Sahariens; Portuguese: Comunidade dos Estados Sahelo-Saarianos) aims to create a free trade area within a region of Africa.
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Conscription
Conscription is the state-mandated enlistment of people in a national service, mainly a military service.
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Constitution of Burkina Faso
The Constitution of Burkina Faso was approved by referendum on 2 June 1991, formally adopted 11 June 1991 and last amended in January 2002.
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Copper
Copper is a chemical element; it has symbol Cu and atomic number 29.
Coup d'état
A coup d'état, or simply a coup, is typically an illegal and overt attempt by a military organization or other government elites to unseat an incumbent leadership.
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Cricket (insect)
Crickets are orthopteran insects which are related to bush crickets, and, more distantly, to grasshoppers.
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Curfew
A curfew is an order that imposes certain regulations during specified hours.
Dagaaba people
The Dagaaba people (singular Dagao, and, in northern dialects, Dagara for both plural and singular) are an ethnic group located north of the convergence of Ghana, Burkina Faso and Côte d'Ivoire.
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Dagaare language
Dagaare is the language of the Dagaaba people of Ghana, Burkina Faso, and Ivory Coast.
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Dakar
Dakar (Ndakaaru) is the capital and largest city of Senegal. Burkina Faso and Dakar are French West Africa.
Dani Kouyaté
Dani Kouyaté (born June 4, 1961) is a film director and griot from Burkina Faso, which the BBC describes as "Africa's most important film-making country".
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Dédougou
Dédougou is a city located in western Burkina Faso.
Demographic and Health Surveys
The Demographic and Health Surveys (DHS) Program is responsible for collecting and disseminating accurate, nationally representative data on health and population in developing countries.
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Dengue fever
Dengue fever is a mosquito-borne disease caused by dengue virus, prevalent in tropical and subtropical areas.
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Departments of Burkina Faso
The provinces of Burkina Faso are divided into 351 departments (as of 2014 and since local elections of 2012), whose urbanized areas (cities, towns and villages) are grouped into the same commune (municipality) with the same name as the department.
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Desertification
Desertification is a type of gradual land degradation of fertile land into arid desert due to a combination of natural processes and human activities.
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Ditanyè
"Ditanyè" (usually written "Le Ditanyè"), also known as "L'Hymne de la victoire" ("The Anthem of Victory", "Burkina Faso fãag-m-meng yɩɩlle") or "Une Seule Nuit" ("One Single Night"), is the national anthem of Burkina Faso.
Dogon languages
The Dogon languages are a small closely related language family that is spoken by the Dogon people of Mali and may belong to the proposed Niger–Congo family.
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Dogon people
The Dogon are an ethnic group indigenous to the central plateau region of Mali, in West Africa, south of the Niger bend, near the city of Bandiagara, and in Burkina Faso.
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Drainage basin
A drainage basin is an area of land where all flowing surface water converges to a single point, such as a river mouth, or flows into another body of water, such as a lake or ocean.
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Drought
A drought is a period of drier-than-normal conditions.
Droughts in the Sahel
The Sahel region of Africa has long experienced a series of historic droughts, dating back to at least the 17th century.
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Dyula language
Dyula (or Jula, Dioula, Julakan ߖߎ߬ߟߊ߬ߞߊ߲) is a language of the Mande language family spoken mainly in Burkina Faso, Ivory Coast and Mali, and also in some other countries, including Ghana, Guinea and Guinea-Bissau.
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Dyula people
The Dyula (Dioula or Juula) are a Mande ethnic group inhabiting several West African countries, including Mali, Côte d'Ivoire, Ghana, and Burkina Faso.
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ECOWAS
The Economic Community of West African States (ECOWAS; also known as CEDEAO in French and Portuguese) is a regional political and economic union of fifteen countries of West Africa. Burkina Faso and ECOWAS are economic Community of West African States.
Elections in Burkina Faso
Burkina Faso elects on the national level a head of state – the president – and a legislature.
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Elephant
Elephants are the largest living land animals.
English language
English is a West Germanic language in the Indo-European language family, whose speakers, called Anglophones, originated in early medieval England on the island of Great Britain.
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Ethnicity
An ethnicity or ethnic group is a group of people who identify with each other on the basis of perceived shared attributes that distinguish them from other groups.
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European Commission
The European Commission (EC) is the primary executive arm of the European Union (EU).
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Félix-Houphouët-Boigny International Airport
Félix-Houphouët-Boigny International Airport, also known as Port Bouët Airport, is located south east of Abidjan, Ivory Coast.
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Female genital mutilation
Female genital mutilation (FGM) (also known as female genital cutting, female genital mutilation/cutting (FGM/C) and female circumcision) is the ritual cutting or removal of some or all of the vulva.
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Feminist Press
The Feminist Press at CUNY is an American independent nonprofit literary publisher of the City University of New York, based in New York City.
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Ferrous metallurgy is the metallurgy of iron and its alloys.
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FESTIMA
The Festival International des Masques et des Arts (International Festival of Masks and the Arts), or FESTIMA, is a cultural festival celebrating traditional African masks held in Dédougou, Burkina Faso.
FIFA World Cup
The FIFA World Cup, often called the World Cup, is an international association football competition among the senior men's national teams of the members of the Fédération Internationale de Football Association (FIFA), the sport's global governing body.
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Flag of Burkina Faso
The national flag of Burkina Faso (drapeau du Burkina Faso) is formed by two equal horizontal bands of red (top) and green, with a yellow five-pointed star resting in the center.
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Folk music
Folk music is a music genre that includes traditional folk music and the contemporary genre that evolved from the former during the 20th-century folk revival.
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Food Research International
Food Research International is a monthly peer-reviewed scientific journal covering various aspects of food science.
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Forced marriage
Forced marriage is a marriage in which one or more of the parties is married without their consent or against their will.
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Forging
Forging is a manufacturing process involving the shaping of metal using localized compressive forces.
France
France, officially the French Republic, is a country located primarily in Western Europe. Burkina Faso and France are French-speaking countries and territories, member states of the Organisation internationale de la Francophonie, member states of the United Nations and republics.
French colonial empire
The French colonial empire comprised the overseas colonies, protectorates, and mandate territories that came under French rule from the 16th century onward. Burkina Faso and French colonial empire are former French colonies.
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The French Community (Communauté française) was the constitutional organization set up in October 1958 between France and its remaining African colonies, then in the process of decolonization. Burkina Faso and French Community are French West Africa and states and territories established in 1958.
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French Fourth Republic
The French Fourth Republic (Quatrième république française) was the republican government of France from 27 October 1946 to 4 October 1958, governed by the fourth republican constitution of 13 October 1946.
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French language
French (français,, or langue française,, or by some speakers) is a Romance language of the Indo-European family.
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French Sudan
French Sudan (Soudan français; السودان الفرنسي) was a French colonial territory in the Federation of French West Africa from around 1880 until 1959, when it joined the Mali Federation, and then in 1960, when it became the independent state of Mali. Burkina Faso and French Sudan are former French colonies and French West Africa.
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French Third Republic
The French Third Republic (Troisième République, sometimes written as La IIIe République) was the system of government adopted in France from 4 September 1870, when the Second French Empire collapsed during the Franco-Prussian War, until 10 July 1940, after the Fall of France during World War II led to the formation of the Vichy government.
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French Union
The French Union was a political entity created by the French Fourth Republic to replace the old French colonial empire system, colloquially known as the "French Empire" (Empire français). Burkina Faso and French Union are French West Africa.
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French Upper Volta
Upper Volta (Haute-Volta) was a colony of French West Africa established in 1919 in the territory occupied by present-day Burkina Faso. Burkina Faso and French Upper Volta are former French colonies and French West Africa.
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French West Africa
French West Africa (Afrique-Occidentale française, italic) was a federation of eight French colonial territories in West Africa: Mauritania, Senegal, French Sudan (now Mali), French Guinea (now Guinea), Ivory Coast, Upper Volta (now Burkina Faso), Dahomey (now Benin) and Niger. Burkina Faso and French West Africa are former French colonies.
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Frequency modulation
Frequency modulation (FM) is the encoding of information in a carrier wave by varying the instantaneous frequency of the wave.
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Fula language
Fula,Laurie Bauer, 2007, The Linguistics Student's Handbook, Edinburgh also known as Fulani or Fulah (Fulfulde, Pulaar, Pular; Adlam: 𞤊𞤵𞤤𞤬𞤵𞤤𞤣𞤫, 𞤆𞤵𞤤𞤢𞥄𞤪, 𞤆𞤵𞤤𞤢𞤪; Ajami: ࢻُلْࢻُلْدٜ, ݒُلَارْ, بُۛلَر), is a Senegambian language spoken by around 36.8 million people as a set of various dialects in a continuum that stretches across some 18 countries in West and Central Africa.
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Fula people
The Fula, Fulani, or Fulɓe people are an ethnic group in Sahara, Sahel and West Africa, widely dispersed across the region.
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G5 Sahel
G5 Sahel or G5S (G5 du Sahel) is an institutional framework for coordination of regional cooperation in development policies and security matters in west Africa.
Gaston Kaboré
Gaston Kaboré (born 1951) is a Burkinabé film director and an important figure in Burkina Faso's film industry.
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Gendarmerie
A gendarmerie is a military force with law enforcement duties among the civilian population.
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Geographical renaming
Geographical renaming is the changing of the name of a geographical feature or area, which ranges from the change of a street name to a change to the name of a country.
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Geography of Burkina Faso
Burkina Faso (formerly Upper Volta) is a landlocked Sahel country that shares borders with six nations.
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Ghana
Ghana, officially the Republic of Ghana, is a country in West Africa. Burkina Faso and Ghana are economic Community of West African States, member states of the African Union, member states of the United Nations, republics and west African countries.
Gilbert Diendéré
Gilbert Diendéré (born 1960) is a Burkinabé military officer and the Chairman of the National Council for Democracy, the military junta that briefly seized power in Burkina Faso in the September 2015 coup d'état.
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Global Hunger Index
The Global Hunger Index (GHI) is a tool that attempts to measure and track hunger globally as well as by region and by country, prepared by European NGOs of Concern Worldwide and Welthungerhilfe.
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Global Innovation Index
The Global Innovation Index is an annual ranking of countries by their capacity for, and success in, innovation, published by the World Intellectual Property Organization (WIPO).
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Gold
Gold is a chemical element; it has symbol Au (from the Latin word aurum) and atomic number 79.
Gorgadji Department
Gorgadji is a department or commune of Séno Province in northern Burkina Faso.
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Gourmanché
Gourmanché (Goulmacema, Gourma, Gourmantche, Gulimancema, Gulmancema, Gurma, Gourmanchéma) is the language of the Gurma people.
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Gur languages
The Gur languages, also known as Central Gur or Mabia, belong to the Niger–Congo languages.
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Gurma people
Gurma (also called Gourma or Gourmantché) is an ethnic group living mainly in northeastern Ghana, Burkina Faso, around Fada N'Gourma, and also in northern areas of Togo and Benin, as well as southwestern Niger.
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Gurunsi languages
The Grũsi or Gurunsi languages, also known as the East Mabia languages,Bodomo, Adams.
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Gurunsi people
The Gurunsi, or Grunshi, are a set of related ethnic groups inhabiting northern Ghana and south and central Burkina Faso.
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Gwiriko
The Gwiriko Kingdom (Dyula: Masaya Gwiriko), also known as Gouiriko was a kingdom in the 18th and 19th centuries in what is now part of present-day Burkina Faso around the watershed of the River Banifin.
Harmattan
The Harmattan is a season in West Africa that occurs between the end of November and the middle of March.
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History of Burkina Faso
The history of Burkina Faso includes the history of various kingdoms within the country, such as the Mossi kingdoms, as well as the later French colonisation of the territory and its independence as the Republic of Upper Volta in 1960.
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Horn of Africa
The Horn of Africa (HoA), also known as the Somali Peninsula, is a large peninsula and geopolitical region in East Africa.
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Hugues Fabrice Zango
Hugues Fabrice Zango (born 25 June 1993) is a Burkinabé athlete who specialises in the triple jump and the long jump.
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Human Rights Watch
Human Rights Watch (HRW) is an international non-governmental organization headquartered in New York City that conducts research and advocacy on human rights.
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Hunter-gatherer
A hunter-gatherer or forager is a human living in a community, or according to an ancestrally derived lifestyle, in which most or all food is obtained by foraging, that is, by gathering food from local naturally occurring sources, especially wild edible plants but also insects, fungi, honey, bird eggs, or anything safe to eat, and/or by hunting game (pursuing and/or trapping and killing wild animals, including catching fish).
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Ibrahim Malam Dicko
Boureima Dicko (1970 – 2 May 2017), nom de guerre Ibrahim Malam Dicko, was a Burkinabe jihadist and the founder of Ansarul Islam.
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Ibrahim Traoré
Ibrahim Traoré (born 14 March 1988) is a Burkinabè military officer who has been the interim leader of Burkina Faso since the 30 September 2022 coup d'état that ousted interim president Paul-Henri Sandaogo Damiba.
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Idrissa Ouédraogo
Idrissa Ouédraogo (21 January 1954 – 18 February 2018) was a Burkinabé filmmaker.
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Inata, Burkina Faso
Inata is a town in Soum Province, Burkina Faso.
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Index of Burkina Faso–related articles
Articles (arranged alphabetically) related to Burkina Faso include.
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Indigenous language
An indigenous language, or autochthonous language, is a language that is native to a region and spoken by its indigenous peoples.
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Internally displaced person
An internally displaced person (IDP) is someone who is forced to leave their home but who remains within their country's borders.
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International Art & Craft Fair
The International Art and Craft Fair, Ouagadougou – better known by its French name, SIAO (Le Salon International de L Artisanat de Ouagadougou) – is a trade show for art and handicrafts held biennially in Ouagadougou, the capital of Burkina Faso.
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International Futures
International Futures (IFs) is a global integrated assessment model designed to help with thinking strategically and systematically about key global systems (economic, demographic, education, health, environment, technology, domestic governance, infrastructure, agriculture, energy and environment).
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International Monetary Fund
The International Monetary Fund (IMF) is a major financial agency of the United Nations, and an international financial institution funded by 190 member countries, with headquarters in Washington, D.C. It is regarded as the global lender of last resort to national governments, and a leading supporter of exchange-rate stability.
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International School of Ouagadougou
The International School of Ouagadougou is an English-language using international school in Zogona, Ouagadougou, Burkina Faso, established in 1976.
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Iron
Iron is a chemical element.
Iron Age
The Iron Age is the final epoch of the three historical Metal Ages, after the Chalcolithic and Bronze Age.
Islam
Islam (al-Islām) is an Abrahamic monotheistic religion centered on the Quran and the teachings of Muhammad, the religion's founder.
Islam in Burkina Faso
Islam in Burkina Faso (Upper Volta) has a long and varied history.
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Islamic State
The Islamic State (IS), also known as the Islamic State of Iraq and the Levant (ISIL), the Islamic State of Iraq and Syria (ISIS) and by its Arabic acronym Daesh, is a transnational Salafi jihadist group and an unrecognised quasi-state.
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Islamist insurgency in the Sahel
An Islamist insurgency has been ongoing in the Sahel region of West Africa since the 2011 Arab Spring.
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Istanbul
Istanbul is the largest city in Turkey, straddling the Bosporus Strait, the boundary between Europe and Asia.
Jama'at Nasr al-Islam wal-Muslimin
Jama'a Nusrat ul-Islam wa al-Muslimin (JNIM;, GSIM) is a militant jihadist organisation in the Maghreb and West Africa formed by the merger of Ansar Dine, the Macina Liberation Front, al-Mourabitoun and the Saharan branch of al-Qaeda in the Islamic Maghreb.
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January 2022 Burkina Faso coup d'état
A coup d'état was launched in Burkina Faso on 23 January 2022.
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Jean-Baptiste Ouédraogo
Jean-Baptiste Philippe Ouédraogo (born 30 June 1942), also referred to by his initials JBO, is a Burkinabé physician and retired military officer who served as President of Upper Volta (now Burkina Faso) from 8 November 1982 to 4 August 1983.
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Jihadist insurgency in Burkina Faso
An ongoing war and civil conflict between the Government of Burkina Faso and Islamist rebels began in August 2015 and has led to the displacement of over 2 million people and the deaths of at least 10,000 civilians and combatants.
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Karma massacre
The Karma massacre was a massacre in the village of Karma, Burkina Faso.
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Kasena language
Kasena or Kassena (Kasem or Kassem) is the language of the Kassena ethnic group and is a Gur language spoken in the Upper East Region of northern Ghana and in Burkina Faso.
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Kaya, Burkina Faso
Kaya is the fifth largest city in Burkina Faso, lying northeast of Ouagadougou, to which it is connected by railway.
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Khoisan languages
The Khoisan languages (also Khoesan or Khoesaan) are a number of African languages once classified together, originally by Joseph Greenberg.
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Komoé River
The Komoé River or Comoé River is a river in West Africa.
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Koudougou
Koudougou is a city in Burkina Faso's Boulkiemdé Province.
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Kusaal language
Kusaal is a Gur language spoken primarily in northern eastern Ghana, and Burkina Faso.
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Lake Bam
Lake Bam is located near the town of Kongoussi, in Burkina Faso.
Land reform
Land reform is a form of agrarian reform involving the changing of laws, regulations, or customs regarding land ownership.
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Landlocked country
A landlocked country is a country that does not have any territory connected to an ocean or whose coastlines lie solely on endorheic basins. Burkina Faso and landlocked country are landlocked countries.
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Latitude
In geography, latitude is a coordinate that specifies the north–south position of a point on the surface of the Earth or another celestial body.
Law enforcement in France
Law enforcement in France is centralized at the national level.
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Le Figaro
() is a French daily morning newspaper founded in 1826.
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Le Monde
Le Monde (The World) is a French daily afternoon newspaper.
Least developed countries
The least developed countries (LDCs) are developing countries listed by the United Nations that exhibit the lowest indicators of socioeconomic development.
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Limestone
Limestone (calcium carbonate) is a type of carbonate sedimentary rock which is the main source of the material lime.
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List of heads of state of Burkina Faso
This is a list of heads of state of Burkina Faso since the Republic of Upper Volta gained independence from France in 1960 to the present day.
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List of national parks in Africa
This is a list of national parks in Africa.
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List of prime ministers of Burkina Faso
This is a list of prime ministers of Burkina Faso since the formation of the post of Prime Minister of the Republic of Upper Volta in 1971 to the present day.
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List of protected areas of Burkina Faso
The following is a list of protected areas of Burkina Faso.
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List of rulers of Wogodogo
The mogho naba of Wogodogo is the ruler ("king of the world") of Wogodogo, one of the Mossi Kingdoms located in present-day Burkina Faso. Burkina Faso and List of rulers of Wogodogo are French West Africa.
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Literacy
Literacy is the ability to read and write.
Lobi language
Lobi (also Miwa and Lobiri) is a Gur language of Burkina Faso, Ivory Coast and Ghana.
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Lobi people
The Lobi belong to an ethnic group that originated in what is today Ghana.
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Locust
Locusts (derived from the Latin locusta, locust or lobster) are various species of short-horned grasshoppers in the family Acrididae that have a swarming phase.
Lyélé language
The Lyélé language (Lele) is spoken in the Sanguié Province of Burkina Faso by approximately 130,000 people known as Lyéla, Léla, Gourounsi or Gurunsi.
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Mali
Mali, officially the Republic of Mali, is a landlocked country in West Africa. Burkina Faso and Mali are former French colonies, landlocked countries, least developed countries, member states of the African Union, member states of the Organisation internationale de la Francophonie, member states of the Organisation of Islamic Cooperation, member states of the United Nations, republics, states and territories established in 1960 and west African countries.
Malika Ouattara
Malika Ouattara (born 16 April 1993) is a slam poet and musical artist from Burkina Faso, known as "Malika la Slameuse".
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Malnutrition
Malnutrition occurs when an organism gets too few or too many nutrients, resulting in health problems.
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Mandé peoples
The Mandé peoples are an ethnolinguistic grouping of native African ethnic groups who speak Mande languages.
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Mande languages
The Mande languages (Mandén, Manding) are a group of languages spoken in several countries in West Africa by the Mandé peoples.
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Manganese
Manganese is a chemical element; it has symbol Mn and atomic number 25.
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Marble
Marble is a metamorphic rock consisting of carbonate minerals (most commonly calcite (CaCO3) or dolomite (CaMg(CO3)2)) that have crystallized under the influence of heat and pressure.
Mare aux Hippopotames
The Mare aux Hippopotames (Lake of Hippopotamuses) is a lake and national park in Burkina Faso, created in 1937 and designated in 1977 as the only UNESCO Biosphere Reserve in the nation.
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Marka language
Marka, also called Dafing, is a Manding language of West Africa, spoken in northwest Burkina Faso.
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Marka people
The Marka (also Marka Dafing, Meka, or Maraka) people are a Mande people of northwest Mali.
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Mask
A mask is an object normally worn on the face, typically for protection, disguise, performance, or entertainment, and often employed for rituals and rites.
Massif
A massif is a principal mountain mass, such as a compact portion of a mountain range, containing one or more summits (e.g. France's Massif Central).
Maurice Yaméogo
Maurice Nawalagmba Yaméogo (31 December 1921 – 15 September 1993) was the first President of the Republic of Upper Volta, now called Burkina Faso, from 1960 until 1966.
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Measles
Measles is a highly contagious, vaccine-preventable infectious disease caused by measles virus.
Medium wave
Medium wave (MW) is a part of the medium frequency (MF) radio band used mainly for AM radio broadcasting.
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Meningitis
Meningitis is acute or chronic inflammation of the protective membranes covering the brain and spinal cord, collectively called the meninges.
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Metropolitan France
Metropolitan France (France métropolitaine or la Métropole), also known as European France, is the area of France which is geographically in Europe.
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Michel Kafando
Michel Kafando (born 18 August 1942) is a Burkinabé diplomat who served as the transitional President of Burkina Faso from 2014, Burkina24, 17 November 2014.
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Microfinance
Microfinance is a of financial services targeting individuals and small businesses who lack access to conventional banking and related services.
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Middle Ages
In the history of Europe, the Middle Ages or medieval period (also spelt mediaeval or mediæval) lasted from approximately 500 to 1500 AD.
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Military junta
A military junta is a government led by a committee of military leaders.
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Militia
A militia is generally an army or some other fighting organization of non-professional or part-time soldiers; citizens of a country, or subjects of a state, who may perform military service during a time of need, as opposed to a professional force of regular, full-time military personnel; or, historically, to members of a warrior-nobility class (e.g.
Millennium Development Goals
In the United Nations, the Millennium Development Goals (MDGs) were eight international development goals for the year 2015 created following the Millennium Summit, following the adoption of the United Nations Millennium Declaration.
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Millet
Millets are a highly varied group of small-seeded grasses, widely grown around the world as cereal crops or grains for fodder and human food.
Ministry for Europe and Foreign Affairs (France)
The Ministry for Europe and Foreign Affairs (MEAE) is the ministry of the Government of France that handles France's foreign relations.
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Ministry of Territorial Administration (Cameroon)
The Ministry of Territorial Administration is one of the 35 Ministries existing in Cameroon.
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Mooré
Mooré, also called More or Mossi, is a Gur language of the Oti–Volta branch and one of four official languages of Burkina Faso.
Morale
Morale is the capacity of a group's members to maintain belief in an institution or goal, particularly in the face of opposition or hardship.
Mossi Kingdoms
The Mossi Kingdoms, were a group of kingdoms in modern-day Burkina Faso that dominated the region of the upper Volta river for hundreds of years.
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Mossi people
The Mossi are a Gur ethnic group native to modern Burkina Faso, primarily the Volta River basin. Burkina Faso and Mossi people are French West Africa.
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Mount Tenakourou
Mount Tenakourou (also spelled Ténakourou, Tena Kourou or Téna Kourou) is the highest point in Burkina Faso.
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Multilingualism
Multilingualism is the use of more than one language, either by an individual speaker or by a group of speakers.
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N'Ko script
NKo (ߒߞߏ), also spelled N'Ko, is an alphabetic script devised by Solomana Kanté in 1949, as a modern writing system for the Manding languages of West Africa.
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Nassoumbou attack
On 16 December 2016, several dozen heavily armed gunmen attacked an army outpost in Nassoumbou, Soum Province, Burkina Faso, about 30 kilometres (18.6 M) from the border with Mali, leaving at least 12 soldiers dead and 2 others missing.
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National Assembly of Burkina Faso
The unicameral National Assembly is the legislative body of Burkina Faso.
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National Council for Democracy
The National Council for Democracy (Conseil national pour la Démocratie), led by Chairman-General Gilbert Diendéré, was the ruling cabinet of the military junta of Burkina Faso from 17 to 23 September 2015.
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National Culture Week of Burkina Faso
The National Culture Week of Burkina Faso, better known by its French name La Semaine Nationale de la culture (SNC), is one of the most important cultural activities of Burkina Faso.
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Nazi Boni
Nazi Boni (December 31, 1909, in Bwan, Upper Senegal and Niger – May 16, 1969, in Kokologho, Upper Volta) was a politician from Upper Volta (now Burkina Faso).
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Nazi Boni University
The Nazi Boni University (Université Nazi Boni) is a university in Bobo-Dioulasso, Houet Province, Burkina Faso.
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New Internationalist
New Internationalist (NI) is an international publisher and left-wing magazine based in Oxford, England, owned by a multi-stakeholder co-operative and run day to day as a worker-run co-operative with a non-hierarchical structure.
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Niger
Niger or the Niger, officially the Republic of the Niger, is a country in West Africa. Burkina Faso and Niger are economic Community of West African States, French-speaking countries and territories, landlocked countries, least developed countries, member states of the African Union, member states of the Organisation of Islamic Cooperation, member states of the United Nations, republics, states and territories established in 1960 and west African countries.
Niger River
The Niger River is the main river of West Africa, extending about. Its drainage basin is in area. Its source is in the Guinea Highlands in south-eastern Guinea near the Sierra Leone border. It runs in a crescent shape through Mali, Niger, on the border with Benin and then through Nigeria, discharging through a massive delta, known as the Niger Delta, into the Gulf of Guinea in the Atlantic Ocean.
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Nigeria
Nigeria, officially the Federal Republic of Nigeria, is a country in West Africa. Burkina Faso and Nigeria are economic Community of West African States, member states of the African Union, member states of the Organisation of Islamic Cooperation, member states of the United Nations, states and territories established in 1960 and west African countries.
Norbert Zongo
Norbert Zongo (31 July 1949 – 13 December 1998), also known under the pen name of Henri Segbo or H.S., was a Burkinabé investigative journalist who managed the newspaper L'Indépendant in Ouagadougou, Burkina Faso.
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Northern Region (Ghana)
The Northern Region is one of the sixteen regions of Ghana.
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Nuni language
Nuni is the Gur language continuum of the Nuna people of Burkina Faso.
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ODI (think tank)
ODI is a global affairs think tank, founded in 1960.
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Odious debt
In international law, odious debt, also known as illegitimate debt, is a legal theory that says that the national debt incurred by a despotic regime should not be enforceable.
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OHADA
OHADA (Organization for the Harmonization of Business Law in Africa) is a system of corporate law and implementing institutions adopted by seventeen West and Central African nations in 1993 in Port Louis, Mauritius before it was revised in 2008 in Quebec, Canada.
Okra
Okra, Abelmoschus esculentus, known in some English-speaking countries as lady's fingers, is a flowering plant in the mallow family native to East Africa.
Operation Panga
Operation Panga was a military operation launched by the Rhodesian Security Forces (RSF) against a camp belonging to the communist insurgent group, ZIPRA.
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Oral tradition
Oral tradition, or oral lore, is a form of human communication in which knowledge, art, ideas and culture are received, preserved, and transmitted orally from one generation to another.
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Organisation internationale de la Francophonie
The Organisation internationale de la Francophonie (OIF; sometimes shortened to the Francophonie, La Francophonie, sometimes also called International Organisation of italic in English) is an international organization representing countries and regions where French is a lingua franca or customary language, where a significant proportion of the population are francophones (French speakers), or where there is a notable affiliation with French culture. Burkina Faso and Organisation internationale de la Francophonie are French-speaking countries and territories.
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Organisation of Islamic Cooperation
The Organisation of Islamic Cooperation (OIC; Munaẓẓamat at-Taʿāwun al-ʾIslāmī; Organisation de la coopération islamique), formerly the Organisation of the Islamic Conference, is an intergovernmental organization founded in 1969.
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Ouagadougou
Ouagadougou or Wagadugu is the capital of Burkina Faso, and the administrative, communications, cultural and economic centre of the nation. Burkina Faso and Ouagadougou are French West Africa.
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Oubritenga Province
Oubritenga is one of the 45 provinces of Burkina Faso, located in its Plateau-Central Region.
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Outline of Burkina Faso
The following outline is provided as an overview of and topical guide to Burkina Faso: Burkina Faso – landlocked sovereign country located in West Africa.
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Oxfam
Oxfam is a British-founded confederation of 21 independent non-governmental organizations (NGOs), focusing on the alleviation of global poverty, founded in 1942 and led by Oxfam International.
Palm wine
Palm wine, known by several local names, is an alcoholic beverage created from the sap of various species of palm trees such as the palmyra, date palms, and coconut palms.
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Panafrican Film and Television Festival of Ouagadougou
The Panafrican Film and Television Festival of Ouagadougou (Festival panafricain du cinéma et de la télévision de Ouagadougou, or FESPACO) is a film festival in Burkina Faso, held biennially in Ouagadougou, where the organization is based.
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Patriotic Movement for Safeguard and Restoration
The Patriotic Movement for Safeguard and Restoration (PMSR) has been the ruling military junta of Burkina Faso since the January 2022 Burkina Faso coup d'état.
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Paul-Henri Sandaogo Damiba
Paul-Henri Sandaogo Damiba (born January 1981) is a Burkinabè military officer who served as interim president of Burkina Faso from 31 January 2022 to 30 September 2022, when he was removed in a coup d'état, by his own military colleague Ibrahim Traoré.
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Pearl millet
Pearl millet (Cenchrus americanus, commonly known as the synonym Pennisetum glaucum) is the most widely grown type of millet.
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Peasant
A peasant is a pre-industrial agricultural laborer or a farmer with limited land-ownership, especially one living in the Middle Ages under feudalism and paying rent, tax, fees, or services to a landlord. In Europe, three classes of peasants existed: non-free slaves, semi-free serfs, and free tenants.
Peneplain
In geomorphology and geology, a peneplain is a low-relief plain formed by protracted erosion.
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Phosphate
In chemistry, a phosphate is an anion, salt, functional group or ester derived from a phosphoric acid.
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Pioneers of the Revolution
The Pioneers of the Revolution was a youth organisation in Burkina Faso, modelled along the pattern of the pioneer movements typically operated by communist parties, such as the Vladimir Lenin All-Union Pioneer Organization and the Young Pioneers of China.
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Poetry slam
A poetry slam is a competitive art event in which poets perform spoken word poetry before a live audience and a panel of judges.
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Political freedom
Political freedom (also known as political autonomy or political agency) is a central concept in history and political thought and one of the most important features of democratic societies.
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Politics of Burkina Faso
The Politics of Burkina Faso takes place in a framework of a semi-presidential republic, whereby the Prime Minister of Burkina Faso is the head of government, and of a multi-party system.
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Polygamy
Polygamy (from Late Greek πολυγαμία, "state of marriage to many spouses") is the practice of marrying multiple spouses.
Precambrian
The Precambrian (or Pre-Cambrian, sometimes abbreviated pC, or Cryptozoic) is the earliest part of Earth's history, set before the current Phanerozoic Eon.
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Prevalence
In epidemiology, prevalence is the proportion of a particular population found to be affected by a medical condition (typically a disease or a risk factor such as smoking or seatbelt use) at a specific time.
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Provinces of Burkina Faso
The regions of Burkina Faso are divided into 45 administrative provinces.
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Public domain
The public domain (PD) consists of all the creative work to which no exclusive intellectual property rights apply.
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Public utility
A public utility company (usually just utility) is an organization that maintains the infrastructure for a public service (often also providing a service using that infrastructure).
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Pumice
Pumice, called pumicite in its powdered or dust form, is a volcanic rock that consists of extremely vesicular rough-textured volcanic glass, which may or may not contain crystals.
Quai d'Orsay
The Quai d'Orsay is a quay in the 7th arrondissement of Paris.
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Radio Télévision du Burkina
The Radiodiffusion Télévision du Burkina is the national broadcaster of the West African state of Burkina Faso.
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Rail transport in Burkina Faso
There are 622 kilometres of railway in Burkina Faso, which run from Kaya to the border with Côte d'Ivoire and is part of the Abidjan-Ouagadougou railway.
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Red Volta
The Red Volta or Nazinon is a waterway located in West Africa.
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Regiment of Presidential Security
The Regiment of Presidential Security (Régiment de la sécurité présidentielle, RSP), sometimes known as the Presidential Security Regiment, was the secret service organisation responsible for VIP security to the President of Burkina Faso, a landlocked country in West Africa.
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Regions of Burkina Faso
Per Law No.40/98/AN in 1998, Burkina Faso adhered to decentralization to provide administrative and financial autonomy to local communities.
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Republic
A republic, based on the Latin phrase res publica ('public affair'), is a state in which political power rests with the public through their representatives—in contrast to a monarchy.
Republic of Upper Volta
The Republic of Upper Volta (République de Haute-Volta) was a landlocked West African country established on 11 December 1958 as a self-governing state within the French Community. Burkina Faso and Republic of Upper Volta are former French colonies, French West Africa and states and territories established in 1958.
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Reuters
Reuters is a news agency owned by Thomson Reuters.
Roch Marc Christian Kaboré
Roch Marc Christian Kaboré (born 25 April 1957) is a Burkinabé banker and politician who served as the President of Burkina Faso from 2015 until he was deposed in 2022.
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Sahara
The Sahara is a desert spanning across North Africa.
Sahel
The Sahel region or Sahelian acacia savanna is a biogeographical region in Africa.
Salt mining
Salt mining extracts natural salt deposits from underground.
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Samo language (Burkina)
Samo (Sane, San, Sa), also known as Mande Samo, is a dialect cluster of Mande languages spoken in Burkina Faso and Mali.
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Samori Ture
Samory Toure (– June 2, 1900), also known as Samori Toure, Samory Touré, or Almamy Samore Lafiya Toure, was a Mandinka Muslim cleric, military strategist, and founder of the Wassoulou Empire, an Islamic empire that was stretched across present-day north and eastern Guinea, north-eastern Sierra Leone, southern Mali, northern Côte d'Ivoire and part of southern Burkina Faso.
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Sams'K Le Jah
Karim Sama (born 1971), more commonly known by his stage name Sams'K Le Jah, is a reggae musician, radio host and political activist from Burkina Faso.
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Sandstone
Sandstone is a clastic sedimentary rock composed mainly of sand-sized (0.0625 to 2 mm) silicate grains, cemented together by another mineral.
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Sangoulé Lamizana
Aboubakar Sangoulé Lamizana (31 January 1916 – 26 May 2005) was an Upper Voltese military officer who served as the President of Upper Volta (since 1984 renamed Burkina Faso), in power from 3 January 1966, to 25 November 1980.
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Saye Zerbo
Saye Zerbo (27 August 1932 – 19 September 2013) was a Burkinabé military officer who was the third President of the Republic of Upper Volta (now Burkina Faso) from 25 November 1980 until 7 November 1982.
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Séno Province
Séno is one of the 45 provinces of Burkina Faso, located in its Sahel Region.
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Scramble for Africa
The Scramble for Africa was the conquest and colonisation of most of Africa by seven Western European powers driven by the Second Industrial Revolution during the era of "New Imperialism" (1833–1914): Belgium, France, Germany, Great Britain, Italy, Portugal and Spain.
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Scraper (archaeology)
In prehistoric archaeology, scrapers are unifacial tools thought to have been used for hideworking and woodworking.
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Self-governance
Self-governance, self-government, self-sovereignty, or self-rule is the ability of a person or group to exercise all necessary functions of regulation without intervention from an external authority.
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Self-governing colony
In the British Empire, a self-governing colony was a colony with an elected government in which elected rulers were able to make most decisions without referring to the colonial power with nominal control of the colony.
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Sembla language
Sembla, or Seenku, is a Western Mande language within the Samogo group of Burkina Faso.
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Semi-presidential republic
A semi-presidential republic, or dual executive republic, is a republic in which a president exists alongside a prime minister and a cabinet, with the latter two being responsible to the legislature of the state.
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Senegal
Senegal, officially the Republic of Senegal, is the westernmost country in West Africa, situated on the Atlantic Ocean coastline. Senegal is bordered by Mauritania to the north, Mali to the east, Guinea to the southeast and Guinea-Bissau to the southwest. Senegal nearly surrounds The Gambia, a country occupying a narrow sliver of land along the banks of the Gambia River, which separates Senegal's southern region of Casamance from the rest of the country. Burkina Faso and Senegal are economic Community of West African States, French West Africa, French-speaking countries and territories, least developed countries, member states of the African Union, member states of the Organisation internationale de la Francophonie, member states of the Organisation of Islamic Cooperation, member states of the United Nations, republics, states and territories established in 1960 and west African countries.
Senegalese Tirailleurs
The Senegalese Tirailleurs (Tirailleurs Sénégalais) were a corps of colonial infantry in the French Army. Burkina Faso and Senegalese Tirailleurs are French West Africa.
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Senufo languages
The Senufo or Senufic languages (Senoufo in French) comprise around 15 languages spoken by the Senufo in the north of Ivory Coast, the south of Mali and the southwest of Burkina Faso.
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Senufo people
The Senufo people, also known as Siena, Senefo, Sene, Senoufo, and Syénambélé, are a West African ethnolinguistic group.
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September 2022 Burkina Faso coup d'état
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 with the country's Islamist insurgency.
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Seytenga Department
Seytenga is a department or commune of Séno Province in northern Burkina Faso.
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A share taxi (also called shared taxi or taxibus, or jitney in the US) is a mode of transport which falls between a taxicab and a bus.
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Shia Islam
Shia Islam is the second-largest branch of Islam.
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Siamou language
The Siamou language, also known as Seme (Sɛmɛ), is a language spoken mainly in Burkina Faso.
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Siege of Djibo
The siege of Djibo is an ongoing blockade of the city of Djibo in Burkina Faso by several factions of Jihadist Islamist rebels.
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Slavery in contemporary Africa
The continent of Africa is one of the regions most rife with contemporary slavery.
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Smelting
Smelting is a process of applying heat and a chemical reducing agent to an ore to extract a desired base metal product.
Socioeconomics
Socioeconomics (also known as social economics) is the social science that studies how economic activity affects and is shaped by social processes.
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Solhan and Tadaryat massacres
On 4 and 5 June 2021, insurgents attacked the Solhan and Tadaryat villages in the Yagha Province of Burkina Faso.
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Songhai Empire
The Songhai Empire was a state located in the western part of the Sahel during the 15th and 16th centuries.
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Songhay languages
The Songhay, Songhai or Ayneha languages are a group of closely related languages/dialects centred on the middle stretches of the Niger River in the West African countries of Mali, Niger, Benin, Burkina Faso and Nigeria.
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Sonni Ali
Sunni Ali, also known as Si Ali, Sunni Ali Ber (Ber meaning "the Great"), reigned from about 1464 to 1492 as the 15th ruler of the Sunni dynasty of the Songhai Empire.
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Sorghum
Sorghum bicolor, commonly called sorghum and also known as great millet, broomcorn, guinea corn, durra, imphee, jowar, or milo, is a species in the grass genus Sorghum cultivated for its grain.
Soum Province
Soum is one of the 45 provinces of Burkina Faso, located in its Sahel Region.
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Staple food
A staple food, food staple, or simply staple, is a food that is eaten often and in such quantities that it constitutes a dominant portion of a standard diet for an individual or a population group, supplying a large fraction of energy needs and generally forming a significant proportion of the intake of other nutrients as well.
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State ownership
State ownership, also called public ownership or government ownership, is the ownership of an industry, asset, property, or enterprise by the national government of a country or state, or a public body representing a community, as opposed to an individual or private party.
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Stream
A stream is a continuous body of surface water flowing within the bed and banks of a channel.
Sub-Saharan Africa
Sub-Saharan Africa, Subsahara, or Non-Mediterranean Africa is the area and regions of the continent of Africa that lie south of the Sahara.
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Sud-Ouest Region (Burkina Faso)
Sud-Ouest ("Southwest") is one of Burkina Faso's 13 administrative regions.
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Sudan (region)
Sudan is the geographical region to the south of the Sahara, stretching from Western Africa to Central and Eastern Africa.
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Sufism
Sufism is a mystic body of religious practice found within Islam which is characterized by a focus on Islamic purification, spirituality, ritualism and asceticism.
Sunni Islam
Sunni Islam is the largest branch of Islam, followed by 85–90% of the world's Muslims, and simultaneously the largest religious denomination in the world.
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Symposium de sculpture sur granit de Laongo
Founded in 1989, by Burkinabe sculptor Siriky Ky, the symposium takes place on a site located about 35 km from Ouagadougou, in the province of Oubritenga.
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Tamasheq language
Tamashek or Tamasheq is a variety of Tuareg, a Berber macro-language widely spoken by nomadic tribes across North Africa in Algeria, Mali, Niger, and Burkina Faso.
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Telephone numbers in Burkina Faso
Country Code: +226 International Call Prefix: 00 Trunk Prefix.
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Tertiary sector of the economy
The tertiary sector of the economy, generally known as the service sector, is the third of the three economic sectors in the three-sector model (also known as the economic cycle).
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The Washington Post
The Washington Post, locally known as "the Post" and, informally, WaPo or WP, is an American daily newspaper published in Washington, D.C., the national capital.
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The World Factbook
The World Factbook, also known as the CIA World Factbook, is a reference resource produced by the Central Intelligence Agency (CIA) with almanac-style information about the countries of the world.
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Theatre of Burkina Faso
Theatre of Burkina Faso (formerly the Republic of Upper Volta) combines traditional Burkinabé performance with the colonial influences and post-colonial efforts to educate rural people to produce a distinctive national theatre.
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Theatre of France
An overview of the history of theatre of France.
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Theatre of the Oppressed
The Theatre of the Oppressed (TO) describes theatrical forms that the Brazilian theatre practitioner Augusto Boal first elaborated in the 1970s, initially in Brazil and later in Europe.
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Thomas Sankara
Thomas Isidore Noël Sankara (21 December 1949 – 15 October 1987) was a Burkinabè military officer, Marxist revolutionary and Pan-Africanist who served as President of Burkina Faso from his coup in 1983 to his assassination in 1987.
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Thomas Sankara International Airport Ouagadougou
Ouagadougou Airport, officially Thomas Sankara International Airport Ouagadougou, is an international airport in the center of the capital city of Ouagadougou in Burkina Faso.
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Tijaniyyah
The Tijani order (translit) is a Sufi order of Sunni Islam named after Ahmad al-Tijani. Burkina Faso and Tijaniyyah are French West Africa.
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Timbuktu
Timbuktu (Tombouctou; Koyra Chiini: Tumbutu; Tin Bukt) is an ancient city in Mali, situated north of the Niger River.
Togo
Togo, officially the Togolese Republic, is a country in West Africa. Burkina Faso and Togo are economic Community of West African States, French-speaking countries and territories, least developed countries, member states of the African Union, member states of the Organisation internationale de la Francophonie, member states of the Organisation of Islamic Cooperation, member states of the United Nations, republics, states and territories established in 1960 and west African countries.
Total fertility rate
The total fertility rate (TFR) of a population is the average number of children that are born to a woman over her lifetime, if they were to experience the exact current age-specific fertility rates (ASFRs) through their lifetime, and they were to live from birth until the end of their reproductive life.
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Traditional African masks
Traditional African masks are worn in ceremonies and rituals across West, Central, and Southern Africa.
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Traditional African religions
The beliefs and practices of African people are highly diverse, including various ethnic religions.
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Trans-Saharan slave trade
The trans-Saharan slave trade, part of the Arab slave trade, was a slave trade in which slaves were mainly transported across the Sahara.
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Tributary
A tributary, or an affluent, is a stream or river that flows into a larger stream (main stem or "parent"), river, or a lake.
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Tropical and subtropical grasslands, savannas, and shrublands
Tropical and subtropical grasslands, savannas, and shrublands is a terrestrial biome defined by the World Wide Fund for Nature.
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Tuareg people
The Tuareg people (also spelled Twareg or Touareg; endonym: Imuhaɣ/Imušaɣ/Imašeɣăn/Imajeɣăn) are a large Berber ethnic group, traditionally nomadic pastoralists, who principally inhabit the Sahara in a vast area stretching from far southwestern Libya to southern Algeria, Niger, Mali, and Burkina Faso, as far as northern Nigeria.
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Unicameralism
Unicameralism (from uni- "one" + Latin camera "chamber") is a type of legislature consisting of one house or assembly that legislates and votes as one.
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UNICEF
UNICEF, originally the United Nations International Children's Emergency Fund, officially United Nations Children's Fund since 1953, is an agency of the United Nations responsible for providing humanitarian and developmental aid to children worldwide.
Unitary state
A unitary state is a sovereign state governed as a single entity in which the central government is the supreme authority.
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United Nations
The United Nations (UN) is a diplomatic and political international organization whose stated purposes are to maintain international peace and security, develop friendly relations among nations, achieve international cooperation, and serve as a centre for harmonizing the actions of nations.
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United Nations Development Programme
The United Nations Development Programme (UNDP)Programme des Nations unies pour le développement, PNUD is a United Nations agency tasked with helping countries eliminate poverty and achieve sustainable economic growth and human development.
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United States Agency for International Development
The United States Agency for International Development (USAID) is an independent agency of the United States government that is primarily responsible for administering civilian foreign aid and development assistance.
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United States Department of State
The United States Department of State (DOS), or simply the State Department, is an executive department of the U.S. federal government responsible for the country's foreign policy and relations.
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Universal suffrage
Universal suffrage or universal franchise ensures the right to vote for as many people bound by a government's laws as possible, as supported by the "one person, one vote" principle.
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University of Koudougou
The University of Koudougou (renamed Université Norbert Zongo) is one of three public universities in Burkina Faso.
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University of Ouagadougou
The University of Ouagadougou (UO; Université de Ouagadougou) is a university located in Ouagadougou, Burkina Faso.
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Upper Senegal and Niger
Upper Senegal and Niger was a colony in French West Africa, created on 21 October 1904 from colonial Senegambia and Niger by the decree "For the Reorganisation of the general government of French West Africa". Burkina Faso and Upper Senegal and Niger are former French colonies and French West Africa.
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UTC+00:00
UTC+00:00 is an identifier for a time offset from UTC of +00:00.
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Volta River
The Volta River (Asuo Firaw, Amuga) is the main river system in the West African country of Ghana.
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Volta-Bani War
The Volta-Bani War was an anti-colonial rebellion which took place in French West Africa (specifically, the areas of modern Burkina Faso and Mali) between 1915 and 1917.
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Volunteers for the Defense of the Homeland
The Volunteers for the Defense of the Homeland (Volontaires pour la défense de la patrie, abbr. VDP) is an armed self-defense group in Burkina Faso created to fight jihadist insurgents.
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W National Park
The W National Park (Parc national du W) or W Regional Park (W du Niger) is a major national park in West Africa around a meander in the Niger River shaped like the letter W (double v).
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Water supply network
A water supply network or water supply system is a system of engineered hydrologic and hydraulic components that provide water supply.
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West Africa
West Africa, or Western Africa, is the westernmost region of Africa. The United Nations defines Western Africa as the 16 countries of Benin, Burkina Faso, Cape Verde, The Gambia, Ghana, Guinea, Guinea-Bissau, Ivory Coast, Liberia, Mali, Mauritania, Niger, Nigeria, Senegal, Sierra Leone, and Togo, as well as Saint Helena, Ascension and Tristan da Cunha (United Kingdom Overseas Territory).Paul R.
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West African CFA franc
The West African CFA franc (franc CFA or simply franc, ISO 4217 code: XOF; abbreviation: F.CFA) is the currency used by eight independent states in West Africa which make up the West African Economic and Monetary Union (UEMOA; Union Économique et Monétaire Ouest Africaine): Benin, Burkina Faso, Côte d'Ivoire, Guinea-Bissau, Mali, Niger, Senegal and Togo.
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West Sudanian savanna
The West Sudanian savanna is a tropical savanna ecoregion that extends across West Africa.
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White Volta
The White Volta or Nakambé is the headstream of the Volta River, Ghana's main waterway.
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Wildlife of Burkina Faso
Burkina Faso is largely wild bush country with a mixture of grass and small trees in varying proportions.
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Working language
A working language (also procedural language) is a language that is given a unique legal status in a supranational company, society, state or other body or organization as its primary means of communication.
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World Bank
The World Bank is an international financial institution that provides loans and grants to the governments of low- and middle-income countries for the purpose of pursuing capital projects.
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World Bank Group
The World Bank Group (WBG) is a family of five international organizations that make leveraged loans to developing countries.
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World Digital Library
The World Digital Library (WDL) is an international digital library operated by UNESCO and the United States Library of Congress.
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World Food Programme
The World Food Programme (WFP) is an international organization within the United Nations that provides food assistance worldwide.
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World Health Organization
The World Health Organization (WHO) is a specialized agency of the United Nations responsible for international public health.
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World War I
World War I (alternatively the First World War or the Great War) (28 July 1914 – 11 November 1918) was a global conflict between two coalitions: the Allies (or Entente) and the Central Powers.
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World War II
World War II or the Second World War (1 September 1939 – 2 September 1945) was a global conflict between two alliances: the Allies and the Axis powers.
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Yacouba Isaac Zida
Yacouba Isaac Zida (born 16 November 1965) is a Burkinabé military officer who briefly served as Burkina Faso's interim head of state in November 2014.
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Yam (vegetable)
Yam is the common name for some plant species in the genus Dioscorea (family Dioscoreaceae) that form edible tubers (some other species in the genus being toxic).
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Yellow fever
Yellow fever is a viral disease of typically short duration.
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Yennenga
Yennenga was a legendary princess, considered the mother of the Mossi people of Burkina Faso.
Zéphirin Diabré
Zéphirin Diabré (born 26 August 1959) is a Burkinabé politician.
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.bf
.bf is the Internet country code top-level domain (ccTLD) for Burkina Faso.
15th parallel north
The 15th parallel north is a circle of latitude that is 15 degrees north of the Earth's equatorial plane.
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1966 Upper Voltan coup d'état
The 1966 Upper Voltan coup d'état was an event which took place on 3 January 1966 in the Republic of Upper Volta (today Burkina Faso), when following large-scale popular unrest the military intervened against the government, forced President Maurice Yaméogo to resign, and replaced him with Lieutenant Colonel Sangoulé Lamizana.
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1980 Upper Voltan coup d'état
The 1980 Upper Voltan coup d'état took place on 25 November 1980 in the Republic of Upper Volta (today Burkina Faso).
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1982 Upper Voltan coup d'état
The 1982 Upper Voltan coup d'état took place in the Republic of Upper Volta (today Burkina Faso) on 7 November 1982.
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1983 Upper Voltan coup d'état
On 4 August 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: Révolution d'août) or Burkinabé revolution.
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1987 Burkina Faso coup d'état
The 1987 Burkina Faso coup d'état was a bloody military coup in Burkina Faso, which took place on 15 October 1987.
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1989 Burkina Faso coup attempt
The 1989 Burkina Faso coup d'état attempt was allegedly an attempt at a military coup d'état, planned by Jean-Baptiste Boukary Lingani and Henri Zongo, in addition to other unnamed conspirators.
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1991 Burkinabé presidential election
Presidential elections were held in Burkina Faso on 1 December 1991.
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1998 Burkinabé presidential election
Presidential elections were held in Burkina Faso on 15 November 1998.
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2005 Burkinabé presidential election
Presidential elections were held in Burkina Faso on 13 November 2005.
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2010 Burkinabé presidential election
Presidential elections were held in Burkina Faso on 21 November 2010.
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2010–2011 Ivorian crisis
The 2010–11 Ivorian crisis was a political crisis in Ivory Coast which began after Laurent Gbagbo, the President of Ivory Coast since 2000, was proclaimed the winner of the Ivorian election of 2010, the first election in the country in 10 years.
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2011 Burkina Faso protests
The 2011 Burkina Faso protests were a series of popular protests in Burkina Faso.
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2012 Malian coup d'état
The 2012 Malian coup d'état began on 21 March that year, when mutinying Malian soldiers, displeased with the management of the Tuareg rebellion, attacked several locations in the capital Bamako, including the presidential palace, state television, and military barracks.
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2013 Africa Cup of Nations
The 2013 Africa Cup of Nations, also known as the Orange Africa Cup of Nations South Africa 2013 for sponsorship reasons, held from 19 January to 10 February 2013, was the 29th Africa Cup of Nations, the football championship of Africa organized by the Confederation of African Football (CAF).
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2014 Burkina Faso uprising
The 2014 Burkina Faso uprising was a series of demonstrations and riots in Burkina Faso in October 2014 that quickly spread to multiple cities.
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2015 Burkina Faso coup attempt
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 Security (RSP) – a controversial autonomous military unit, formed under President Blaise Compaoré – detained the country's government.
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2015 Burkinabè general election
General elections were held in Burkina Faso on 29 November 2015.
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2016 Ouagadougou attacks
On 15 January 2016, gunmen armed with heavy weapons attacked the Cappuccino restaurant and the Splendid Hotel in the heart of Ouagadougou, the capital of Burkina Faso.
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2018 Ouagadougou attacks
On 2 March 2018, at least eight heavily armed militants launched an assault on key locations throughout Ouagadougou, the capital city of Burkina Faso.
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2019 attacks in Burkina Faso
In 2019, there were many attacks in the African country Burkina Faso on both soldiers and civilians.
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2020 Burkinabè general election
General elections were held in Burkina Faso on 22 November 2020 to elect the President and National Assembly.
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2020 Summer Olympics
The officially the and officially branded as were an international multi-sport event held from 23 July to 8 August 2021 in Tokyo, Japan, with some preliminary events that began on 21 July 2021.
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2022 Seytenga massacre
On June 12, 2022, at least 100 civilians were killed in a massacre by suspected Islamists in the village of Seytenga, located in a department of the same name in Séno Province, Burkina Faso.
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2023 Burkina Faso coup attempt
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 power a year earlier.
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3rd meridian east
The meridian 3° east of Greenwich is a line of longitude that extends from the North Pole across the Arctic Ocean, the Atlantic Ocean, Europe, Africa, the Southern Ocean, and Antarctica to the South Pole.
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6th meridian west
The meridian 6° west of Greenwich is a line of longitude that extends from the North Pole across the Arctic Ocean, the Atlantic Ocean, Europe, Africa, the Southern Ocean, and Antarctica to the South Pole.
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9th parallel north
The 9th parallel north is a circle of latitude that is 9 degrees north of the Earth's equatorial plane.
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See also
1958 establishments in Africa
- Africa Day
- Burkina Faso
- Lumumba Secondary School
- Republic of Dahomey
- United Arab Republic
- United Nations Economic Commission for Africa
- University of Asmara
1984 establishments in Africa
- Burkina Faso
- Gambia Committee on Traditional Practices Affecting the Health of Women and Children
- Institut National pour la Recherche Biomedicale
- National Library of Mali
- Tunisian National Military Museum
- Venda Defence Force Medal
- Adeola Austin Oyinlade
- Adja Satú Camará
- African-led International Support Mission to Mali
- Banking Commission of the West African Monetary Union
- Benin
- Burkina Faso
- Côte d'Ivoire
- Cape Verde
- ECOWAS
- ECOWAS Bank for Investment and Development
- ECOWAS Policy on Science and Technology
- ECOWAS Standby Force
- ECOWAS military intervention in the Gambia
- ECOWAS passport
- ECOWAS rail
- Eco (currency)
- Economic Community of West African States Monitoring Group
- Executive Secretaries of the Economic Community of West African States
- Financial Markets Authority of the West African Monetary Union
- Ghana
- Guinea
- Guinea-Bissau
- Hadja Mémounatou Ibrahima
- José Mário Vaz
- Liberia
- Niger
- Nigeria
- Nigerien crisis (2023–2024)
- Regional Insurance Control Commission
- Senegal
- Sierra Leone
- Siga Fatima Jagne
- The Gambia
- Togo
- Treaty of Lagos
- UEMOA Tournament
- West African Unit of Account
Least developed countries
- Afghanistan
- Angola
- Bangladesh
- Benin
- Burkina Faso
- Burundi
- Cambodia
- Central African Republic
- Chad
- Comoros
- Democratic Republic of the Congo
- Djibouti
- East Timor
- Eritrea
- Ethiopia
- Guinea
- Guinea-Bissau
- Haiti
- Laos
- Least developed countries
- Lesotho
- Liberia
- Madagascar
- Malawi
- Mali
- Mauritania
- Mozambique
- Myanmar
- Nepal
- Niger
- Rwanda
- São Tomé and Príncipe
- Senegal
- Sierra Leone
- Solomon Islands
- Somalia
- South Sudan
- Sudan
- Tanzania
- The Gambia
- Togo
- Tuvalu
- Uganda
- Yemen
- Zambia
States and territories established in 1958
- Arab Federation
- Aumale (département)
- Bali
- Burkina Faso
- East Nusa Tenggara
- European Economic Community
- French Community
- French Fifth Republic
- Guangxi
- Guinea
- Iraqi Republic (1958–1968)
- Kalmykia
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- Ningxia
- Operation 17 Agustus
- Republic of Dahomey
- Republic of Upper Volta
- Revolutionary Government of the Republic of Indonesia
- United Arab Republic
- United Arab States
- United Suvadive Republic
- West Indies Federation
- West Nusa Tenggara
States and territories established in 1984
- Aïn Defla Province
- Aïn Témouchent Province
- Boarnsterhim
- Bordj Bou Arréridj Province
- Boumerdès Province
- Brunei
- Burkina Faso
- Cardedu
- Dongeradeel
- El Bayadh Province
- El Oued Province
- El Taref Province
- Franekeradeel
- German-speaking Community of Belgium
- Ghardaïa Province
- Hato Mayor Province
- Illizi Province
- In Guezzam
- KaNgwane
- Kasaragod district
- Khenchela Province
- Littenseradiel
- Mila Province
- Naâma Province
- Nijefurd
- Relizane Province
- Skarsterlân
- Souk Ahras Province
- Tindouf Province
- Tipaza Province
- Tissemsilt Province
West African countries
- Ambazonia
- Benin
- Burkina Faso
- Côte d'Ivoire
- Cape Verde
- Ghana
- Guinea
- Guinea-Bissau
- Ivory Coast
- Liberia
- Mali
- Mauritania
- Niger
- Nigeria
- Saint Helena, Ascension and Tristan da Cunha
- Senegal
- Senegambia
- Senegambia (Dutch West India Company)
- Senegambia Confederation
- Sierra Leone
- The Gambia
- Togo
References
[1] https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Burkina_Faso
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