Burkina Faso is a landlocked nation in West Africa with an area of 274,200 square kilometres (105,900 sq mi), bordered by Mali to the northwest, Niger to the northeast, Benin to the southeast, Togo as well as Ghana to the south, as well as the Cream color Coastline to the southwest. It has a population of 20,321,378. Previously called Republic of Upper Volta (1958– 1984), it was renamed Burkina Faso by Head Of State Thomas Sankara. Its citizens are known as Burkinabè and its funding and also biggest city is Ouagadougou.

The biggest ethnic group in Burkina Faso is the Mossi individuals, who resolved the location in the 11th as well as 13th centuries. They established powerful kingdoms such as the Ouagadougou, Tenkodogo, as well as Yatenga. In 1896, it was conquered by the French as part of French West Africa; in 1958, Upper Volta became an independent swarm within the French Area. In 1960, it gained full independence with Maurice Yaméogo as Head of State.

In its early years, the country was subject to instability, droughts, famines as well as corruption. Different stroke of genius have also taken place in the country, in 1966, 1980, 1982, 1983, 1987, an effort in 1989, 2015, as well as 2022. Thomas Sankara ruled the country from 1982 till he was eliminated in the 1987 stroke of genius led by Blaise Compaoré who ended up being head of state and ruled the nation till his elimination on 31 October 2014. Sankara released an ambitious socioeconomic program that included an across the country proficiency campaign, land redistribution to peasants, train and also roadway construction, and also the disallowing of female genital mutilation, forced marital relationships, and polygamy.

Burkina Faso has been significantly influenced by the rise of Islamist horror in the Sahel considering that the mid-2010s. Numerous militias, partly allied with Islamic State (IS) or al-Qaeda, run throughout the boundaries to Mali and Niger. More than one million of the nation’s 21 million citizens are internally displaced persons. On 24 January 2022, the army and also its “Patriotic Movement for Safeguard and Remediation” (MPSR) stated itself to be in power. Formerly the military had carried out a stroke of genius versus President Roch Marc Kaboré. On 31 January, the military junta restored the constitution and also assigned Paul-Henri Sandaogo Damiba as acting head of state.

Burkina Faso is a least industrialized nation with a GDP of $16.226 billion. 63% of its populace practices Islam as well as 22% technique Christianity. Because of French manifest destiny, the nation’s official language of government and organization is French. There are 59 indigenous languages talked in Burkina, with the most common language, Mooré, talked by about 50% of Burkinabè. The country is governed as a semi-presidential republic with exec, legislative and judicial powers. Burkina Faso belongs to the United Nations, La Francophonie and also the Organisation of Islamic Cooperation. It is presently put on hold from ECOWAS as well as the African Union.