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Driving International Driving Permit Required Currency (XOF) Africaine Franc Electrical 220 Volts Telephones Country Code 226, City Code, Western Provinces 20+6D, Eastern Provinces 40+6D, Central Provinces 50+6D Burkina Faso's currency, the West African franc (CFA), is fixed against the Euro dollar. For as little as US$15 a day you can get a decent...
Diplomatic Representation in US: Ambassador: Tertius Zongo Chancery: 2340 Massachusetts Ave. NW, Washington, DC 20008 Telephone 202-332- 5577 FAX: 202-667-1882 US Diplomatic Representation: Ambassador: Jimmy Kolker Embassy: 602 Avenue Raoul Follereau, Koulouba, Secteur 4, Ouagadougou Mailing Address: (International Mail) 01 B.P. 35, Ouagadougou 01,...
With Compaore alone at the helm, a democratic constitution was approved by referendum in 1991. In December 1991, Compaore was elected President, running unopposed after the opposition boycotted the election. The opposition did participate in the following year's legislative elections, in which the ruling party won a majority of seats. The government...
Until the end of the 19th century, the history of Burkina Faso was dominated by the empire-building Mossi. The French arrived and claimed the area in 1896, but Mossi resistance ended only with the capture of their capital Ouagadougou in 1901. The colony of Upper Volta was established in 1919, but it was dismembered and reconstituted several times until...
Burkina Faso is one of the poorest countries in the world, with a per capita gross domestic product (GDP) of $424. More than 80% of the population relies on subsistence agriculture, with only a small fraction directly involved in industry and services. Drought, poor soil, lack of adequate communications and other infrastructure, a low literacy rate,...
Burkina Faso is a landlocked Sahel country that shares borders with six nations. It lies between the Sahara Desert and the Gulf of Guinea, south of the loop of the Niger River. The land is green in the south, with forests and fruit trees, and desert in the north. Most of central Burkina Faso lies on a savanna plateau, 198- 305 meters (650-1,000 ft.)...
Burkina Faso has over 60 ethnic groups, each with its own social and cultural distinction, but all emphatically Burkinabé. The major groups include the Bobo who live around the city of Bobo Dioulassa, the Fulani, the Lobi, and the Sénufo, but the most significant and dominant group are the Mossi. The Mossi are descendants of a royal empire and the emperor,...
Burkina Faso's 13.9 million people belong to two major West African cultural groups--the Voltaic and the Mande (whose common language is Dioula). The Voltaic Mossi make up about one-half of the population. The Mossi claim descent from warriors who migrated to present-day Burkina Faso from Ghana and established an empire that lasted more than 800 years....
To find out who got to weep at the podium, go to the official site of the Burkina Faso film festival. Film buffs can also get an eyeful of what's coming up in the West African indie film scene.
Visas, Embassies & Border Crossings If you're a citizen of the European Community you can apply for a tourist visa when arriving at Ouagadougou airport. The procedure is very easy; you just need to fill in the forms (three pages) given to you by an officer, take one photo and pay CFA10,000 in local currency (there is an exchange bureau in the same airport)....
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