Head Of State President: Capt. Ibrahim Traoré (transitional)2 Form Of Government transitional military regime1 Official Language See footnote 3. Official Religion none Official Name Burkina Faso Total Area (Sq Km) 270,764 Total Area (Sq Mi) 104,542 Monetary Unit CFA franc (CFAF) Population ...
To sever ties to the colonial past, Sankara changed the name of the country in 1984 to Burkina Faso, which combines two of the nation's languages and means “the land of upright men.” While Sankara's investments in schools, food production, and clinics brought some improvement in living ...
Burkina Faso Names Coup Leader Traore as Transitional President More Reuters A man wearing clothes with Russian's flag colours shouts during a demonstration in front of the conference room where the two days of national talks to adopt a transitional charter and designate an interim presiden...
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OUAGADOUGOU, April 6 (Xinhua) -- Burkina Faso's ex-president Roch Marc Christian Kabore, arrested on Jan. 24 during the military coup that overthrew him, was authorized on Wednesday to return home, the transitional government announced in a statement. ...
BEIJING, Aug. 29 (Xinhua) -- The president of Burkina Faso, Roch Marc Christian Kabore, will pay a state visit to China from Aug. 30 to Sept. 5, during which he will also attend the Forum on China-Africa Cooperation (FOCAC) Summit in Beijing. ...
THE military junta in Burkina Faso that took power in a coup has freed interim President Michel Kafando and two of his ministers from detention, the junta’s leader said yesterday as security forces fired in the air to quell protests. ...
On August 2, 1984, then-President Thomas Sankara changed the country’s name “Upper Volta” to “Burkina Faso”, which means ‘land of the honest men.’ Burkina Faso Independence Day timeline 1890s European Scramble for Africa The Europeans make attempts to claim what is now Burkina Faso. ...
Head Of State: President: Capt. Ibrahim Traoré (transitional)2 Show More Land Physical features of Burkina Faso(more) Burkina Faso is bounded by Mali to the north and west, Niger to the northeast, Benin to the southeast, and Côte d’Ivoire, Ghana, and Togo to the south. Relief, ...
Mutineers stormed the President’s personal residence in the Patte d’Oie district and two of his bodyguard’s vehicles were riddled with bullets. Their seats, which were photographed by the crowd the next day, were stained with blood. Four members of hi