Burkina Faso's game preserves — the most important of which are Arly, Nazinga, and W National Park -- contain lions, elephants, hippopotamus, monkeys, warthogs, and antelopes.

Burkina Faso's fauna and flora are protected in two national parks and several reserves: see List of national parks in Africa, Nature reserves of Burkina Faso.

Burkina Faso's 15, 3 million people belong to two major West African cultural groups — the Gur ( Voltaic ) and the Mandé.

The branches of Burkina Faso's military include its Army, Air Force, National Gendarmerie, National Police, and People's Militia.

In recent years, the United States has begun providing military assistance and training to Burkina Faso's ground forces.

Burkina Faso's military aircraft operated by the FABF totals 19 aircraft of 15 different models, including 11 helicopters.

Burkina Faso's relations with its West African neighbors have improved in recent years.

Since the 2002 civil war in Côte d ' Ivoire, relations between it and Burkina Faso have been filled with accusations of Burkinabé support for rebels on one side and claims of mistreatment of Burkinabé workers on the other .< ref > Blaise Campaoré :<< La crise ivoirienne inquiète le Burkina >>, Le Figaro, December 11, 2005 </ ref > Côte d ' Ivoire remains Burkina Faso's largest regional trading partner in spite of their disputes and tens of thousands of Burkinabés continue to work in the Ivory Coast.

It has been declared as Burkina Faso's first World Heritage site.

* Est Region ( Burkina Faso ), one of Burkina Faso's 13 administrative regions

Djembe drums and balafon are often manufactured in Bobo Dioulasso, Burkina Faso's second-largest city.

The other 60 % of Burkina Faso's population is composed of more than 60 ethnic groups, mainly the Gurunsi, Senufo, Lobi, Bobo, and Fulani.

: Scores and results list Burkina Faso's goal tally first

Burkina Faso's goal tally first.

Burkina Faso hosts the Panafrican Film and Television Festival of Ouagadougou ( FESPACO ) every two years in Ouagadougou, Burkina Faso's capital.

Gaston Kaboré ( born 1951 ) is a Burkinabé film director and an important figure in Burkina Faso's film industry .< ref name =" BBC ">

Inter-country conflicts have been few, with Mali and Burkina Faso's nearly bloodless Agacher Strip War being a rare exception.

With independence came a new style of theatre inspired by forum theatre aimed at educating and entertaining Burkina Faso's rural people.

The area, thought to contain considerable amounts of natural gas and mineral resources, was the center of a long running border dispute between Upper Volta ( renamed Burkina Faso in 1984 ) and Mali which erupted into armed conflict on two occasions ( 1974 and 1985 ).

Separate smaller Hausa dialects are spoken by an unknown number of Hausa further west in parts of Burkina Faso, and in the Haoussa Foulane, Badji Haoussa, Guezou Haoussa, and Ansongo districts of northeastern Mali ( where it is designated as a minority language by the Malian government ), but there are very little linguistic resources and research done on these particular dialects at this time.

* Paper for All Non-profit ( charity ) that provides academic resources to children in Ouagagoudou, Burkina Faso.

Its backbone was Nigerian armed forces and financial resources, with sub-battalion strength units contributed by other ECOWAS members — Ghana, Guinea, Sierra Leone, The Gambia, Liberia, Mali, Burkina Faso, Niger, and others.

Countries where ASL or a derivative of ASL is the national or a widespread language include Barbados, Belize, Benin, Bolivia, Botswana ( with BSL ), Burkina Faso, Burundi, Cameroon, Canada, the Central African Republic, Chad, Côte d ' Ivoire, the Democratic Republic of the Congo, the Dominican Republic, El Salvador, Gabon, Gambia, Ghana, Guinea, Guyana, Haiti, Honduras, Jamaica, Kenya ( minority use ), Liberia, Madagascar ( minority use ), Mali, Mauritania, Niger, Nigeria, Philippines ( L2 use ), Puerto Rico, Senegal, Sierra Leone, Trinidad and Tobago, Togo, and Zimbabwe ( with ZSL ).

This article concerns the systems of transport in Burkina Faso, which primarily include road and rail infrastructure.

* African festivals Significant African festivals based on the continent include the biannual Panafrican Film and Television Festival of Ouagadougou FESPACO in Burkina Faso, the annual Durban International Film Festival which has grown in importance for industry with the addition of a co-production forum and Talent Campus.

Countries listed as " Official Extensions " of AIESEC as of August 2011, include Algeria, Albania, Benin, Botswana, Burkina Faso, Cambodia, El Salvador, Ethiopia, Gabon, Georgia, Iceland, India, Ireland, Kingdom of Saudi Arabia, Lebanon, Liberia, Pakistan Qatar, South Africa, Zimbabwe and United Arab Emirates.

African countries where they are present include Mauritania, Ghana, Senegal, Guinea, The Gambia, Mali, Nigeria, Sierra Leone, Benin, Burkina Faso, Guinea Bissau, Cameroon, Côte d ' Ivoire, Niger, Chad, Togo, the Central African Republic, Liberia, and as far as Sudan and Egypt in the East.

Examples include the bendre, made by the Mossi of Burkina Faso out of a large calabash, and the trong chau of Vietnam.

Examples include the single-headed hollow tree trunk drums of Africa and the ornately carved and dyed gufalo of the Nuna in Burkina Faso.

* Other Burkina based balfon ensembles include:

Contracting members include: Albania ; Algeria ; Andorra ; Angola ; Antigua and Barbuda ; Argentina ; Armenia ; Australia ; Austria ; Azerbaijan ; Bahamas ; Bahrain ; Bangladesh ; Barbados ; Belarus ; Belgium ; Belize ; Benin ; Bhutan ; Bolivia ; Bosnia and Herzegovina ; Botswana ; Brazil ; Brunei Darussalam, Bulgaria ; Burkina Faso ; Burundi ; Cambodia ; Cameroon ; Canada ; Central African Republic ; Chad ; Chile ; China ; Colombia ; Comoros ; Congo ; Costa Rica ; Croatia ; Cuba ; Cyprus ; Czech Republic ; Côte d ' Ivoire ; Democratic People's Republic of Korea ; Democratic Republic of the Congo ; Denmark ; Djibouti ; Dominica ; Dominican Republic ; Ecuador ; Egypt ; El Salvador ; Equatorial Guinea ; Estonia ; Finland ; France ; Gabon ; Gambia ; Georgia ; Germany ; Ghana ; Greece ; Grenada ; Guatemala ; Guinea ; Guinea-Bissau ; Guyana ; Haiti ; Holy See ; Honduras ; Hungary ; Iceland ; India ; Indonesia ; Iran ( Islamic Republic of ); Iraq ; Ireland ; Israel ; Italy ; Jamaica ; Japan ; Jordan ; Kazakhstan ; Kenya ; Kyrgyzstan ; Laos ; Latvia ; Lebanon ; Lesotho ; Liberia ; Libya ; Liechtenstein ; Lithuania ; Luxembourg ; Macedonia ; Madagascar ; Malawi ; Malaysia ; Mali ; Malta ; Mauritania ; Mauritius ; Mexico ; Moldova ; Monaco ; Mongolia ; Morocco ; Mozambique ; Namibia ; Nepal ; Netherlands ; New Zealand ; Nicaragua ; Niger ; Nigeria ; Norway ; Oman ; Pakistan ; Panama ; Papua New Guinea ; Paraguay ; Peru ; Philippines ; Poland ; Portugal ; Qatar ; Republic of Korea ; Romania ; Russian Federation ; Rwanda ; Saint Kitts and Nevis ; Saint Lucia ; Saint Vincent and the Grenadines ; San Marino ; Sao Tome and Principe ; Saudi Arabia ; Senegal ; Serbia ; Seychelles ; Sierra Leone ; Singapore ; Slovakia ; Slovenia ; South Africa ; Spain ; Sri Lanka ; Sudan ; Suriname ; Swaziland ; Sweden ; Switzerland ; Syrian Arab Republic ; Tajikistan ; Thailand ; Togo ; Tonga ; Trinidad and Tobago ; Tunisia ; Turkey ; Turkmenistan ; Uganda ; Ukraine ; United Arab Emirates ; United Kingdom ; United Republic of Tanzania ; United States of America ; Uruguay ; Uzbekistan ; Venezuela ; Vietnam ; Yemen ; Zambia ; and Zimbabwe.

A number of successfully implemented projects include analysis of the environmental impacts of wars and conflicts in Kuwait, the Middle East, the Balkans, Argentina, Burkina Faso, and South Asia, ensuring that environmental rehabilitation is now regularly included within the umbrella of humanitarian assistance during and following conflicts.

Countries where the CPD may be used include: Benin, Botswana, Burkina Faso, Cameroon, Central African Republic, Chad, Comoros, Côte d ' Ivoire, Congo, Egypt, Gabon, Ghana, Guinea-Bissau, Kenya, Lesotho, Libya, Madagascar, Malawi, Mali, Mauritania, Namibia, Niger, Senegal, Somalia, South Africa, Swaziland, Tanzania, Togo, Uganda, and Zimbabwe.

As the festival became more prominent, its budget and sponsors increased ; the donor countries now include Burkina Faso, Denmark, Finland, France, Germany, Netherlands, Sweden, Republic of China, and the donor organizations include AIF ( ACCT ), PNUD, UNESCO, UNICEF, European Union and AFRICALIA.

Examples include Les statues meurent aussi by Chris Marker and Alain Resnais about European robbery of African art ( which was banned by the French for 10 years ) and Afrique 50 by René Vauthier about anti-colonial riots in Côte d ' Ivoire and in Upper Volta ( now Burkina Faso ).

Burkina Manganèse SARL currently holds a ten year renewable mining permit to extract manganese from the Kiéré mine where it expects to commence production during October.

Burkina Faso lies mostly between latitudes 9 ° and 15 ° N ( a small area is north of 15 °), and longitudes 6 ° W and 3 ° E.

Using a small Department of Defense International Military Education and Training ( IMET ) budget, the U. S. Embassy has established English-language courses at an LAT military base, and has brought LAT officers to attended officer basic training courses in the U. S. The government of Burkina Faso has also accepted additional U. S. training assistance in counter-terrorism tactics and humanitarian assistance.

Immediately west from Ghana ( in Ivory Coast and Burkina Faso ), Hausa is abruptly replaced by Dioula – Bambara as the main lingua-franca of what become predominantly Manding areas, and native Hausa populations plummet to a very small urban minority.

Most Tuareg live in the Saharan parts of Niger and Mali but, being nomadic, they move constantly across national borders, and small groups of Tuareg are also found in southeastern Algeria, southwestern Libya and northern Burkina Faso, and a small community in northern Nigeria.

The colonial borders, demarcated during the Scramble for Africa, placed them in northwestern Ghana and southern Burkina Faso, as well as small populations in Côte d ' Ivoire.

The Mandinka live primarily in West Africa, particularly in The Gambia, Guinea, Mali, Sierra Leone, Cote d ' Ivoire, Senegal, Burkina Faso, Liberia, Guinea Bissau, Niger, Mauritania and even small communities in the central African nation of Chad.

The Black Volta forms a small part of the boundary between Ghana and Ivory Coast, and also a section of border between Ghana and Burkina Faso.

Yako is a town in northern Burkina Faso, once capital of a small state.

Paga is a small town in northern Ghana, lying where the nation's main north-south road reaches the Burkina Faso border, north of Bolgatanga.