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  1. History of Burkina Faso

    Aspect of history

    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. Wikipedia

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  2. britannica.com

    6 days agohistory of Burkina Faso, survey of the important events and people in the history of Burkina Faso.A landlocked country in western Africa, Burkina Faso gained independence from France in 1960 and was originally known as Upper Volta before adopting its current name in 1984.The capital, Ouagadougou, is also the country's largest city and has been the cultural centre of the region since it ...
  3. en.wikipedia.org

    The history of Burkina Faso includes the history of various kingdoms within the country, ... Compaoré reacted to the events by shelving the proposed constitutional changes, dissolving the government, declaring a state of emergency and offering to work with the opposition to resolve the crisis. Later in the day, the military, under General ...
  4. onthisday.com

    Events in Burkina Faso History. 1932-09-05 The French Upper Volta is broken apart between Ivory Coast, French Sudan, and Niger; 1958-12-11 Upper Volta (now Burkina Faso) gains autonomy from France; 1960-07-11 Ivory Coast, Dahomey, Upper Volta and Niger declare independence
  5. populartimelines.com

    Burkina Faso, a landlocked West African nation formerly known as the Republic of Upper Volta, spans 274,223 sq km. With a population exceeding 23 million, it's bordered by six countries: Mali, Niger, Benin, Togo, Ghana, and Ivory Coast. ... Navigate through detailed timelines that cover everything from historical events to the lives of renowned ...
  6. culturesofresistancefilms.com

    December - Burkina Faso postpones a regional economic summit after deadly gun battles between police and soldiers in the capital. 2007: May - The ruling party wins a majority in parliamentary polls. 2008: April - Two-day general strike follows weeks of protests about high living costs and call for wage increases. 2009
  7. ourhistory.org.uk

    Jul 31, 2024One of the most significant periods in Burkina Faso's history came in 1983, when Captain Thomas Sankara, a charismatic and radical young officer, seized power in a popular coup. Sankara, often called the "Che Guevara of Africa," embarked on an ambitious program of social and economic reforms to transform Burkina Faso into a self-reliant ...
  8. en.wikipedia.org

    Category: Historical events in Burkina Faso. 1 language. ... Sports competitions in Burkina Faso‎ (6 C) This page was last edited on 25 June 2024, at 01:36 (UTC). Text is available under the Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike License 4.0; additional ...
  9. historyworld.net

    In the years after independence in 1960, following the dissolution of French west africa, Upper Volta goes through many abrupt changes - including five military coups (in 1966, 1980, 1982, 1983, 1987) and a change in the nation's name, in 1984, to Burkina Faso. The independent nation's first president, Maurice Yaméogo, is noted for his lavish lifestyle in an extremely poor country.
  10. african-volunteer.net

    This coup was to define the history of Burkina Faso (so renamed in 1984) for the next few decades with repeated military coups throughout the 1970s and 1980s until the country's former president, Blaise Compaore, come to power in a further such a coup in 1987.
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