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Five-day War with Mali. On Christmas Day 1985, tensions with Mali over the mineral-rich Agacher Strip erupted in a war that lasted five days and killed about 100 people. The conflict ended after mediation by President Félix Houphouët-Boigny of Ivory Coast. The conflict is known as the "Christmas war" in Burkina Faso.
Burkina Faso. Burkina Faso, [a] officially the People's Republic of Burkina Faso, [14] is a landlocked country in West Africa, [6] bordered by Mali to the northwest, Niger to the northeast, Benin to the southeast, Togo and Ghana to the south, and Ivory Coast to the southwest. It covers an area of 274,223 km 2 (105,878 sq mi).
Burkina Faso ratified the convention on 2 April 1987. [3] Burkina Faso has four sites on the list. The first property listed in Burkina Faso was the W-Arly-Pendjari Complex, in 1996. [4] Three of the four sites, the Ruins of Loropéni, Ancient Ferrous Metallurgy Sites of Burkina Faso, and the Royal Court of Tiébélé are of the cultural type ...
The Mossi are the largest ethnic group in Burkina Faso, constituting 52% of the population, [1] or about 11.1 million people. The other 48% of Burkina Faso's population is composed of more than 60 ethnic groups, mainly the Gurunsi, Senufo, Lobi, Bobo, Bissa and Fulani. [2] The Mossi speak the Mòoré language.
The art of Burkina Faso is the product of a rich cultural history. In part, this is because so few people from Burkina have become Muslim or Christian. [1] Many of the ancient artistic traditions for which Africa is so well known have been preserved in Burkina Faso because so many people continue to honor the ancestral spirits, and the spirits ...
Burkina Faso (formerly Upper Volta) is a landlocked Sahel country that shares borders with six nations. It lies between the Sahara desert and the Gulf of Guinea, south of the loop of the Niger River, mostly between latitudes 9° and 15°N (a small area is north of 15°), and longitudes 6°W and 3°E. The land is green in the south, with forests ...
Burkina Faso – landlocked sovereign country located in West Africa. [1] It is surrounded by six countries: Mali to the north, Niger to the east, Benin to the south east, Togo, Ghana to the south, and Côte d'Ivoire to the south west. Formerly called the Republic of Upper Volta, it was renamed on August 4, 1984, by President Thomas Sankara to ...
History of Burkina Faso. History portal. Africa portal. Wikimedia Commons has media related to History of Burkina Faso. Pages in this category should be moved to subcategories where applicable. This category may require frequent maintenance to avoid becoming too large. It should directly contain very few, if any, pages and should mainly contain ...