Burkina Faso
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Location | West Africa, Africa |
Leader | President of Burkina Faso |
Type | nation state |
Member of | African Union, International Criminal Court, La Francophonie, Organisation of African Unity, UN |
African country; formely part of the French Empire. |
Burkina Faso is a nation state in Africa. It was formerly known as Upper Volta.
History
Independence from France in 1960.
Suspended from the African Union after the 2022 Burkinabé coup d'état.[1]
Group
Group | Description |
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University of Ouagadougou | The main university in the African nation of Burkina Faso |
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