' Blaise go!
August 18, 2011
| AFP
A rapper and a reggae artist, two leading Burkina Faso musicians belt out similar lyrics to different beats:'' Blaise, go!'' -- their favourite refrain is a dig at the...
Burkina Faso offers Gaddafi exile
August 24, 2011
| Reuters
OUAGADOUGOU (Reuters) - Burkina Faso, a former recipient of large amounts of Libyan aid, has offered Muammar Gaddafi exile but has also recognized the rebel National...
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Burkina Faso – also known by its short-form name Burkina – is a landlocked country in west Africa. It is surrounded by six countries: Mali to the north, Niger to the east, Benin to the southeast, Togo and Ghana to the south, and Côte d'Ivoire to the southwest. Its size is 274,200 square kilometres (105,900 sq mi) with an estimated population of more than 15,757,000. Formerly called the Republic of Upper Volta, it was renamed on 4 August 1984, by President Thomas Sankara to mean "the land of upright people" in Mòoré and Dioula, the major native languages of the country. Figuratively, "Burkina" may...
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