* Alliance for Progress and Freedom, Alliance pour le Progrès et la Liberté, a political party in Burkina Faso, a country in West Africa

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 ).

* 1960 – Burkina Faso, then known as Upper Volta, becomes independent from France.

* Independence Day, celebrates the independence of Burkina Faso from France in 1960.

* 1984 – The Republic of Upper Volta changes its name to Burkina Faso.

* Revolution Day ( Burkina Faso )

* West African Agricultural Market Observer / Observatoire du Marché Agricole ( RESIMAO ), a project of the West-African Market Information Network ( WAMIS-NET ), provides live market and commodity prices from fifty seven regional and local public agricultural markets across Benin, Burkina Faso, Côte d ' Ivoire, Guinea, Niger, Mali, Senegal, Togo, and Nigeria.

Map Of Burkina Faso

Topography of Burkina Faso

Burkina Faso ( formerly Upper Volta ) is a landlocked Sahel country that shares borders with six nations.

Most of central Burkina Faso lies on a savanna plateau, above sea level, with fields, brush, and scattered trees.

Previously the endangered Painted Hunting Dog, Lycaon pictus occurred in Burkina Faso, but, although last sightings were made in Arli National Park, the species is considered extirpated in Burkina Faso.

Satellite image of Burkina Faso, generated from raster graphics data supplied by The Map LibraryMain articles: Geography of Burkina Faso and Climate of Burkina Faso

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

At the 1998 African Cup of Nations, DR Congo, led by Louis Watunda Iyolo took third place, beating hosts Burkina Faso 4 – 1 on penalties.

* 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.

The Panafrican Film and Television Festival of Ouagadougou ( Festival panafricain du cinéma et de la télévision de Ouagadougou or FESPACO ) is the largest African film festival, held biennially in Ouagadougou, Burkina Faso.

Category: Film festivals in Burkina Faso

* Radiodiffusion Television du Burkina, the state broadcaster of Burkina Faso

Children from Burkina Faso performing in Warsaw, Poland during the 5th Cross Culture Festival, September 2009

Recently, in the fall of 2008 and the spring of 2009, the band succeeded in realizing their grand comeback, with concerts in Dakar Senegal ( Just4You, St. Louis Jazz Festival, Iba Mar Diop Stadium ) and Burkina Faso.

There are 622 kilometres of railway in Burkina Faso, of which 517 km run from Ouagadougou to Abidjan, Côte d ' Ivoire ; and 105 km from Ouagadougou to Kaya.

A proposed rail link between Ouagadougou and Pô in Burkina Faso and Kumasi and Boankra in Ghana, has been discussed with Ghanaian officials, and feasibility studies are being undertaken to explore this possibility, which would provide rail access to the inland port of Bonakra.

In 1992, the embassy of the Russian Federation in Ouagadougou was closed, and in 1996, the embassy of Burkina Faso in Moscow was closed.

As of 2004, the nation ’ s railway system consisted of a state-controlled 660 km section of a 1, 146 km narrow gauge railroad that ran north from Abidjan through Bouaké and Ferkéssédougou to Ouagadougou, Burkina Faso.

A state run Sociéte Nigerienne de Transports de Voyageurs | SNTV coach running between Ouagadougou ( Burkina Faso ) and Niamey, Niger.

* Ouagadougou, Burkina Faso ( 26 – 27 November 2004 )

The summit held in Ouagadougou, Burkina Faso on 26 – 27 November 2004 saw the adoption of a strategic framework for the period 2004-2014.

A peace deal between the government and the rebels, or New Forces, was signed on 4 March 2007, in Ouagadougou, Burkina Faso, and subsequently Guillaume Soro, leader of the New Forces, became Prime Minister.

Ouagadougou, Burkina Faso

A man uses a bicycle to cargo goods in Ouagadougou, Burkina Faso ( 2007 )

Bobo-Dioulasso is a city with a population of about 435, 543 (), the second largest city in Burkina Faso, Africa, after Ouagadougou, the nation's capital.

Ouagadougou Airport is an airport located in the centre of the city of Ouagadougou in Burkina Faso.

Today, he lives in Ouagadougou, the historical and present capital of Burkina Faso.

Point Air was a French airline company operating a McDonnell Douglas DC8-63 on a route from Marseille and Mulhouse / Bale to Ouagadougou, Burkina Faso.

Koudougou is a town in the province of Boulkiemdé, west of Ouagadougou, the capital of Burkina Faso.

Mauritania's preliminary was a two-legged match against the Upper Volta ( now Burkina Faso ) and they drew the first match 1-1 away in Ouagadougou in 13 March.

Koupéla is a city in Burkina Faso, lying east of Ouagadougou () and west of Fada-Ngourma () in an area settled by the Mossi people.

Fada N ' gourma, also written Fada-Ngourma, is a city in eastern Burkina Faso, lying east of Ouagadougou, in the Gourmantché area.

Kaya is the eighth largest city in Burkina Faso, lying north east of Ouagadougou, to which it is connected by railway.

Kaya is also the capital of the province Sanmatenga and is lying north-east of Ouagadougou, the capital of Burkina Faso.

She was born in Abidjan, Côte d ' Ivoire and raised in Burkina Faso, and was educated at the University of Ouagadougou.

Burkina Airlines was an airline based in Ouagadougou, Burkina Faso.