Burkina Faso Introduction Geography People Government Economy Communications Transportation Military Transnational Issues Print This Frame Burkina Faso Introduction Top of Page Background: Independence from France came to Burkina Faso (formerly Upper Volta) in 1960. Governmental instability during the 1970s and 1980s was followed by multiparty elections in the early 1990s. Several hundred ...

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