* 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

It borders the Bight of Benin in the south ; Ghana lies to the west ; Benin to the east ; and to the north Togo is bound by Burkina Faso.

The Province de la Kossi lies in the western part of Burkina Faso and stretches to the border with Mali.

The Pendjari National Park () lies in north western Benin, adjoining the Arli National Park in Burkina Faso.

Moaaga ) are a people in central Burkina Faso, living mostly in the villages of the Volta River Basin.

They also export cocoa and koala nuts, using exploited migrant laborers ( mostly from Burkina Faso ) on local plantations.

According to the IUCN, it is mostly found in Benin, Burkina Faso, Burundi, Cameroon, Central African Republic, Chad, Republic of the Congo, Democratic Republic of the Congo, Ethiopia, Gambia, Ghana, Guinea, Guinea-Bissau, Kenya, Mali, Mauritania, Niger, Nigeria, Rwanda, Senegal, Sudan, Tanzania, and Togo ( and perhaps in Eritrea ).

The average altitude of Burkina Faso is 400 meters ( 1, 312 ft ) and the difference between the highest and lowest terrain is no greater than 600 meters ( 1, 969 ft ).

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.

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.

With the coming to power of Thomas Sankara in Burkina Faso in 1983, relations between Ghana and Burkina became both warm and close.

Political and economic ties between Ghana and Burkina, a poorer country, were strengthened through joint commissions of cooperation and through border demarcation committee meetings.

Diplomatic relations between Burkina Faso and the Soviet Union were established for the first time on February 18, 1967.

Dialects of Manding are generally considered ( among native speakers ) to be mutually intelligible – dependent on exposure or familiarity with dialects between speakers – and spoken by approximately 20 million people in the countries Burkina Faso, Senegal, Guinea Bissau, Guinea, Liberia, Côte d ' Ivoire and The Gambia.

* The Conseil de l ' Entente, 1959 between Côte d ' Ivoire, Burkina Faso, Benin, Niger, and ( in 1966 ) Togo

With the coming to power of Thomas Sankara in Burkina Faso in 1983, relations between Ghana and Burkina became both warm and close.

Political and economic ties between Ghana and Burkina, a poorer country, were strengthened through joint commissions of cooperation and through border demarcation committee meetings.

In late December 1985, however, a border dispute between Mali and Burkina Faso over the mineral rich Agacher strip erupted into a brief war.

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

In the broad belt of rugged country between the northern boundaries of the Muslim-influenced state of Dagomba, and the southernmost outposts of the Mossi kingdoms ( of what is today the southern Burkina Faso and northern Ghana border ), were peoples who were not incorporated into the Dagomba entity.

Trade between Akan kingdoms and the Mossi kingdoms to the north ( of what is today the northern Ghana and southern Burkina Faso border ) flowed through their homeland, subjecting them to Islamic influence, and to the depredations of these more powerful neighbors.

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.

First though, Ali accompanies the Prime Minister to a United Nations peace conference to avert war between the French-speaking African nations of Chad and Burkina Faso.

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.

Bolga is the major town between Tamale, 161 km ( about 100 miles ) to the south, and the border with Burkina Faso.

Located southeast of Bamako, north of Côte d ' Ivoire, and west of Burkina Faso, Sikasso acts as a crossroads between the coastal countries ( Togo, Bénin, Ghana, Côte d ' Ivoire ) and the landlocked Mali and Burkina Faso.

Burkina Faso 16. 6 %, Ghana 15. 4 %, Netherlands 13 %, Benin 9. 6 %, Mali 7. 7 % ( 2003 )

Maurice Yaméogo ( December 31, 1921 – September 9, 1993 ) was the first President of the Republic of Upper Volta, now called Burkina Faso.

* Westernmost point: border with Mali and Burkina Faso, Tillaberi Region: 0 ° 07 ' E

Benin's latitude ranges from 6 ° 30 ′ N to 12 ° 30 ′ N and its longitude from 1 ° E to 3 ° 40 ′ E. Benin is bounded by Togo to the west, Burkina Faso and Niger to the north, Nigeria to the east, and the Bight of Benin to the south.