Burkina Faso is a landlocked nation in West Africa. It is surrounded by six countries: Mali to the north, Niger to the east, Benin to the south east, Togo and Ghana to the south, and Côte d'Ivoire to the south west. Formerly the Republic of Upper Volta, it was renamed on August 4, 1984 by President Thomas Sankara to mean "the land of upright people" (or "upright land") in Mossi and Dioula, the major native languages of the country. Independence from France came in 1960. Governmental instability during the 1970s and 1980s was followed by multiparty elections in the early 1990s. Several hundred thousand farm workers migrate south every year to Côte d'Ivoire and Ghana in search of paid labour. The inhabitants of Burkina Faso are known as Burkinabè or Burkinabé (pronounced "bur-kee-nuh-BAY").

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Volta reports more positive gold results from trenches at Nassara gold prospect in southern Burkina Faso: http://bit.ly/8Msg9X
BrucePatrick23 (Bruce Patrick) Wed, 23 Dec 2009 06:25:49 -0000
Volta reports more positive gold results from trenches at Nassara gold prospect in southern Burkina Faso: http://bit.ly/8Msg9X
@robpenner Thanks for Engineers Without Borders. I am going to try to get them involved in our association in Burkina Faso.
v3ronique (v3ronique) Wed, 23 Dec 2009 06:07:50 -0000
@robpenner Thanks for Engineers Without Borders. I am going to try to get them involved in our association in Burkina Faso.
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