In 1983 Captain Thomas Sankara seized power and adopted radical left-wing policies but was ousted by Blaise Compaore, who went on to rule for 27 years before being ousted in a popular uprising in 2014. ![]() ![]() This has resulted in numerous coups and an exodus of young people to more prosperous countries like Ghana, Ivory Coast, and Nigeria.īurkina Faso, which means "land of honest men", has significant reserves of gold, but the country has faced domestic and external concern over the state of its economy and human rights. A former French colony, it gained independence as Upper Volta in 1960. Because of Burkina Faso is a poor country it has not being able to satisfy the needs of its populations. In 1984, the country changed its name to Burkina Faso. The country marched towards independence under a Mossi dominated party. Later in 1890, it was colonised by the French who rewrote the borders, according to these present borders. The obverse inscription translates to Republic of. The river system has a length of 1,000 miles (1,600 km), a drainage basin of 153,800 square miles (398,000 square km), and. Its major tributaries are the Afram and the Oti (Pandjari). The Volta flows generally southward through Ghana, discharging into the Gulf of Guinea. These kingdoms were able to resist conquest by the Mali and Songhay Empires. Recipients of the Order of Merit of Upper Volta were named to the corresponding grades of the new Order. Volta River, chief river system of Ghana, formed from the confluence of the Black Volta and White Volta (qq.v.) headstreams. These kingdoms were centres of the trans-Saharan trade. They established powerful kingdoms such as the Ouagadougou, Tenkodogo, and Yatenga. The first people to settle in the area are the Mossi people in the 11th and 13th century. Burkina Faso, previously known as Upper Volta, was once part of French West Africa since 1896 until 1960. It is bounded by Niger to the east, Mali to the north and west, and Benin, Togo, Ghana, and Ivory Coast to the south. ![]() Burkina Faso is a small, poor, landlocked country in West Africa.
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