The 2014BurkinaFaso uprising was a series of demonstrations and riots inBurkinaFasoin October 2014 that quickly spread to multiple cities. They began...
The following lists events that happened during 2014inBurkinaFaso. President: Blaise Compaoré (until 31 October), Honoré Traoré (from 31 October until...
BurkinaFaso is a landlocked country in West Africa. It covers an area of 274,223 km2 (105,878 sq mi), bordered by Mali to the northwest, Niger to the...
The history of BurkinaFaso includes the history of various kingdoms within the country, such as the Mossi kingdoms, as well as the later French colonisation...
Telecommunications inBurkinaFaso include radio, television, fixed and mobile telephones, and the Internet. The telephony market inBurkinaFaso is still relatively...
This is a list of heads of state of BurkinaFaso since the Republic of Upper Volta gained independence from France in 1960 to the present day. A total of...
The BurkinaFaso national football team (French: Équipe de football du BurkinaFaso) represents BurkinaFasoin men's international football and is controlled...
ongoing war and civil conflict between the Government of BurkinaFaso and Islamist rebels began in August 2015 and has led to the displacement of over 2...
BurkinaFaso elects on the national level a head of state – the president – and a legislature. The president is elected for a five-year term by the people...
Transport inBurkinaFaso consists primarily of road, air and rail transportation. The World Bank classified country's transportation as underdeveloped...
BurkinaFaso is a religiously diverse society, with Islam being the dominant religion. According to the latest 2019 census, 63.8% of the population adheres...
BurkinaFaso's 22.1 million people belong to two major West African cultural groups: the Gur (Voltaic) and the Mandé. The Voltaic are far more numerous...
The economy of BurkinaFaso is based primarily on subsistence farming and livestock raising. BurkinaFaso has an average income purchasing-power-parity...
The Politics of BurkinaFaso takes place in a framework of a semi-presidential republic, whereby the Prime Minister of BurkinaFaso is the head of government...
Education inBurkinaFaso is structured in much the same way as in the rest of the world: primary, secondary, and higher education. As of 2008, despite...
list of prime ministers of BurkinaFaso since the formation of the post of Prime Minister of the Republic of Upper Volta in 1971 to the present day. A...
BurkinaFaso is a multilingual country. An estimated 70 languages are spoken there, of which about 66 are indigenous. Mooré is spoken by about 52.5% of...
Terrorism inBurkinaFaso refers to non-state actor violence inBurkinaFaso carried out with the intent of causing fear and spreading extremist ideology...
and Pan-Africanist who served as President of BurkinaFaso from his coup in 1983 to his assassination in 1987. He is viewed by supporters as a charismatic...
of BurkinaFaso. In 1995, it became the lower house of a bicameral parliament, but the upper house (Chamber of Representatives) was abolished in 2002...
A landlocked sub-Saharan country, BurkinaFaso is among the poorest countries in the world—44 percent of its population lives below the international poverty...
Christianity is a minority religion inBurkinaFaso. According to The World Factbook in 2019, Christians constitute approximately 30% of the population...
BurkinaFaso has good relations with the European Union, African and certain Asian countries. France, the former colonial power, in particular, continues...
This is a list of universities inBurkinaFaso. This is a list of universities inBurkinaFaso University of Koudougou, Koudougou University of Ouagadougou...
of the BurkinaFaso Armed Forces attempted to overthrow the ruling military junta led by Ibrahim Traoré, which came to power a year earlier. In a previous...
Global Information