Burkina Faso Burkina Faso, formerly Upper Volta, is landlocked and borders Côte d'Ivoire, Ghana, Togo, Benin, Mali, and Niger. While the northern drylands fringe the Sahara desert, more favorable ecological and climatic conditions prevail...

Republic of Burkina Faso Burkina Faso Jamahiriya CAPITAL: Ouagadougou FLAG: The flag consists of two equal horizontal stripes of red and green divided by a narrow gold band. A five-point gold star is at the center. ANTHEM: The national anthem begins...

Burkina Faso POPULATION 12,603,185 MUSLIM 55 percent TRADITIONAL 24 percent ROMAN CATHOLIC 17 percent PROTESTANT 3 percent OTHER 1 percent Country Overview Introduction Burkina Faso, a country in West Africa, is surrounded by Mali on the west and...

Burkina Faso (pronounced /buɾˌkiːnɑˈfɑːso/), also known by its short-form name Burkina, is a landlocked nation in West Africa. It is surrounded by six countries: Mali to the north, Niger to the east, Benin to the south east, Togo and Ghana to the...

Highlights and Key Issues * The pace of activity remains solid, but GDP growth is expected to have slowed to 4.2% in 2007 as a result of unfavourable weather conditions leading to lower cotton exports. Growth is expected to average 4.5% this year,...

Kate Eshelby, an experienced Western traveller in Africa, was bowled over by the lessons in African philosophy that the so-called poor pastoralists in northern Burkina Faso taught her. Tears rolled down my cheeks as I hugged Daouda goodbye at the airport. "Why are...