81. Burkina Faso: History The region of presentday burkina faso Related content from HighBeam Research onburkina faso history. Livelihood Security Land and Mobility in burkina faso. http://www.infoplease.com/ce6/world/A0857074.html

HOTWORDS CITE PRINT EMAIL in All Infoplease Almanacs Biographies Dictionary Encyclopedia Home Almanacs Atlas Dictionary ... Father's Day Infoplease Tools Periodic Table Conversion Tool Perpetual Calendar Year by Year ... Site Map Also from Infoplease Search Infoplease Info search tips Search Biographies Bio search tips Encyclopedia Burkina Faso History Early History By about A.D. 1100 the principal inhabitants of the western part of present-day Burkina Faso were the Bobo, Lobi, and Gurunsi. Invaders from present-day Ghana conquered central and E Burkina Faso, establishing the Mossi states of Ouagadougou, Yatenga, and Tengkodogo in the center and the state of Gourma in the east. The conquerors were far outnumbered by their subjects, but by using religion (based on ancestor worship) and a complex administrative system (which allowed for some local autonomy) they created powerful states that endured for more than 500 years. Ouagadougou was headed by the Morho Naba and at its peak was divided into several provinces, which were subdivided into a total of about 300 districts. The Mossi states had strong armies, which included cavalry units, and were able to repel most attacks by the Mali and Songhai empires during the period from the 14th to 16th cent. The Colonial Period Near the end of the 19th-century scramble for African territory among the European powers, France gained control over the region. In 1895 the French peacefully negotiated a protectorate over Yatenga; in 1896 they forcefully occupied Ouagadougou; and in 1897 they annexed Gourma and the lands of the Bobo, Lobi, and Gurunsi peoples. An Anglo-French agreement in 1898 established the boundary with the Gold Coast (now Ghana).

82. GWP - West Africa information and expertise networks on IWRM in the region. of all the people in WestAfrica involved in data has been collected from burkina faso, Benin, Ghana http://www.gwpforum.org/servlet/PSP?iNodeID=134

83. Burkina Faso History And Geography burkina faso history and Geography http://www.worldhistory.com/geos/uv.htm

[Country Listing] The World Factbook Home] Burkina Faso 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 thousand farm workers migrate south every year to Cote d'Ivoire and Ghana. Geography [Top of Page] Location: Western Africa, north of Ghana Geographic coordinates: 13 00 N, 2 00 W Map references: Africa Area: total: 274,200 sq km land: 273,800 sq km water: 400 sq km Area - comparative: slightly larger than Colorado Land boundaries: total: 3,192 km border countries: Benin 306 km, Cote d'Ivoire 584 km, Ghana 548 km, Mali 1,000 km, Niger 628 km, Togo 126 km Coastline: km (landlocked) Maritime claims: none (landlocked) Climate: tropical; warm, dry winters; hot, wet summers Terrain: mostly flat to dissected, undulating plains; hills in west and southeast Elevation extremes: lowest point: Mouhoun (Black Volta) River 200 m highest point: Tena Kourou 749 m Natural resources: manganese, limestone, marble; small deposits of gold, antimony, copper, nickel, bauxite, lead, phosphates, zinc, silver

84. French Colonies - Burkina Faso (formerly Upper Volta) history AND GOVERNMENT. (in French only). CIA World Factbook burkina faso Extensivestatistics on the region s geography, people, government, economy http://www.discoverfrance.net/Colonies/Burkina_Faso.shtml

home boutique bookstore travel center ... help! Colonies France Paris Provinces Introduction: Colonies Algeria Cameroon Chad Comoros Cote d'Ivoire Crozet Islands Dahomey (Benin) French Equatorial Africa French Guiana French Guinea (Guinea) French Polynesia French Somaliland (Djibouti) French Sudan (Mali) French West Africa Gabon Guadeloupe Haiti Indochina Kerguelen Islands Louisiana Madagascar Martinique Mauritania Mayotte Middle Congo (Congo) Montserrat Morocco New Caledonia New France (Canada) Niger Pondicherry Reunion Rodrigues Senegal Seychelles St. Barthelemy St. Martin Terre Adelie Togo Tunisia Ubangi-Shari (Central Afr. Rep.) Upper Volta (Burkina Faso) Other Former Colonies Boutique Travel Center Site Map Select any topic in menu, then click "GO". BROWSE OUR SERVICES: Introduction Airline Tickets Airport Shuttle Car Leasing Car Rentals Cruises Currency Free City Guides Guided Tours Hotel Suites Medical Coverage Rail Passes Rebate Offers Specials Travel Guides Trip Insurance Vacation Rentals Youth Hostels YOUR ONE-STOP SOURCE! BURKINA FASO COUNTRY STUDY GUIDE Place cursor over book to read a review and to see purchase information.

85. Burkina Faso Country burkina faso. PreColonial history, The history of the region before thearrival of the of the Volta Rivers in 1500 and dominated the region through the http://www.zyama.com/Iowa/Countres/Burkina Faso.htm

Burkina Faso Information General Information for Burkina Faso Country: Burkina Faso Location: West Africa Independence: August 5,1960 Nationality: Burkinabè Capital City: Ouagadougou Population: Important Cities: Bobo-Dioulasso, Ouahigouya, Koudougou, Banfora Head of State: Blaise Compaore Area: 274,500 sq.km. Type of Government: Republic Currency: 500 FCFA=1 USD Major peoples: Mossi,Gurunsi,Senufo,Lobi,Bobo,Fulani Religion: Muslim 50%, African religion 40%, Christian 5% Climate: Tropical Literacy: Official Language: French Principal Languages: More, Dioula, Fulfulde Major Exports: Cotton, Gold, Animal Products Pre-Colonial History Post-Colonial History Back to the Museum

86. European Union @ United Nations the 15 EU Member States meet in burkina faso on 28 opening a new chapter in the historyof the of conflict prevention, good governance and regional integration http://europa-eu-un.org/article.asp?id=1797

87. SIM Country Profile: Burkina Faso Welcome to burkina faso, a small but densely populated shortterm Bible schoolsin each region. Topography Climate history Political Situation history of http://www.sim.org/country.asp?CID=18&fun=1

88. UNESCO Celebrates The Completion Of The General History Of Africa In Tripoli of school books inspired by the General history and drawing Joseph KiZerbo of BurkinaFaso, a veteran who already should be compiled in a regional rather than http://www.hartford-hwp.com/archives/30/133.html

Documents menu Subject: Fw: Unesco Celebrates The Completion Of The General History Of Africa In Tripoli Date: Thu, 15 Apr 1999 20:46:18 +0200 UNESCO celebrates the completion of the General History Of Africa in Tripoli From UN Integrated Regional Information Network, 14 April 1999 Paris - The complete edition of UNESCO'S General History of Africa - a 3-million-year history of the entire African continent - has been presented in Tripoli by the International Scientific Committee responsible for the publication (People's Libyan Arab Jamahiriya) at its final meeting held April 10-12, ending over twenty years of work by nearly 350 scholars. The complete edition of the General History of Africa - eight volumes of 800 to 1,000 pages each - is now available in three languages (Arabic, English and French). Parts have already been published in Spanish (five volumes of the complete edition), as well as four volumes in Portuguese, Chinese (also four), three in Japanese, two in Italian, Hawsa, Peulh, Korean (two volumes of the abridged version) and Kiswahili (one volume). During the meeting which will end this evening with a ceremony in the presence of the Libyan head of state, Colonel Moammar Gadhafi, and UNESCO Director-General Federico Mayor, the President of the Committee, A. Adu Boahen (Ghana), took stock of the publication and considered its potentials.

89. World Travel Guide - Burkina Faso - History And Government history and Government history burkina faso was once a part of one of the strongestof ancient African kingdoms Gurunsi tribes that occupied the region at the http://www.biggles.co.uk/Columbus/data/bfa/bfa580.htm

Travel Information Contact Addresses Overview General Information Passport/Visa ... Maps Regions and Cities Introduction - Overview Tools Printable Miniguide Home World Africa ... Burkina Faso History and Government History: Internal self-government was granted in 1957, and full independence (as Upper Volta) three years later. The early years of independence were largely dominated by the military, notably the regime of General Sangoul J Lamizana, who ousted the civilian government of Maurice Yameogo in 1966 and ruled until 1980. Lamizana was followed by another military government, followed in turn by a rebellion in 1983 which brought a group of young radical officers to power under the leadership of Thomas Sankara. Congrès pour la Démocratie et le Progrès , on a narrow victory after its representation was cut in half from its previous level. Tuareg (a nomadic tribe whose traditional territories straddle all three countries) rebellions in those countries and associated border disputes. Relations with France, the former colonial power which still retains considerable influence in the region, are fairly good. Government: The June 1991 constitution allows for an elected President, who holds executive power, to be elected for a seven-year period. Representatives to the legislative assembly, the 111-strong

90. Burkina Faso - Countrywatch.com Koudougou, 85,800, 2002. Key Data. Region africa. Population 12,083,700 September2002. Area Total 274,200 km 2. Christian, 10.0%. Links for burkina faso. http://www.countrywatch.com/cw_country.asp?vcountry=27

91. Dakar, Regional Delegation (Burkina Faso, Cape Verde, Gambia, Guinea-Bissau, Mal 3105-1996 Annual Report 1995 Dakar, regional delegation (burkina faso, CapeVerde, Gambia, Guinea-Bissau, Mali, Niger and Senegal). Introduction. http://www.icrc.org/Web/eng/siteeng0.nsf/iwpList143/FFC3812173411CA4C1256B660059

About the ICRC ICRC activities The ICRC worldwide Focus ... Annual Report Annual Report Dakar, regional delegation (Burkina Faso, Cape Verde, Gambia, Guinea-Bissau, Mali, Niger and Senegal) Introduction Cape Verde Gambia Guinea Bissau ... Senegal Introduction In addition to its specific activities in Mali and the Casamance region of Senegal, the regional delegation continued its cooperation with the National Societies of the region, conducting dissemination sessions for various target groups, encouraging instruction in humanitarian law, and on a practical level, helping to fight epidemics of cholera, promote public health and give first-aid training to local volunteers. Cape Verde Following an ICRC mission to Cape Verde, the Ministry of Foreign Affairs deposited the instruments of accession to Additional Protocols I and II with the Swiss government on 16 March 1995. The government of Cape Verde also made a declaration recognizing the competence of the International Fact-Finding Commission. Gambia A new attempted counter-coup on 27January resulted in the imprisonment of a number of people accused of being involved, including the Vice-President and the Minister of the Interior. The ICRC visited 24 individuals arrested in this connection and a further 80 security detainees held at Mile 2 prison and in hospitals and barracks for reasons related to events in 1994. Guinea Bissau The regional delegate went on mission to Guinea-Bissau in mid-September in order to establish contact with the government and the National Society, particularly with the aim of reactivating the latter and enhancing its management structure.

92. Volta-Bani Anticolonial War and economic destruction that plagued the region for years way for the independentcountries of Mali and burkina faso. in its proper place in history, using an http://www.ohiou.edu/oupress/westafricareview.htm

West African Challenge to Empire Culture and History in the Volta-Bani Anticolonial War Book Page From Choice: From The International Journal of African Historical Studies One of the last survivors of the Volta-Bani anticolonial war of 1915-1916 passed away two years ago. His name was Tamini Yambore, after the forest in which he was born. His mother had fled the colonial onslaught that razed her village. Many of the villages in this region of southwestern Burkina Faso were burned to the ground during the anticolonial war. These events are still marked on the collective consciousness of villagers; Tamini Yambore and others were the living repositories of that consciousness. But unfortunately with the deaths of people like Yambore those memories are fading away. The war has also largely been disregarded in academic and education circles as well, despite its size, the resulting massive displacement and mortality, and the changes it brought to the political and social landscape of West Africa. Saul and Royer's exciting book redresses this gap in an important analysis of the origins, organization, and motivations of the actors in this war. French colonial powers generally assumed that the conflict began in reaction to a conscription campaign; however, the authors describe several events that precipitated the initial uprising and its spread. Saul and Royer argue that the shadow of World War I loomed directly over the conflict. As a response to the war, France pulled out personnel from their West African colonies, lessening their presence in the Volta region, where colonization was fairly incomplete to begin with. This resulted in local leaders' perception of French colonization as weak and waning, and thus vulnerable to attack.

93. Discover Burkina Faso centre and the north mark the history of Ouagadougou The western region was inhabitedby nonorganized societies of 33 inhabitants per km², burkina faso is one http://www.fespaco.bf/burkina_news.htm

Burkina Faso Itinerary to a nation An enclave of 274,000 km² in the heart of western Africa, Burkina Faso is a landlocked country, 500 Km from the Atlantic. Ouagadougou, the capital city counts some one million inhabitants. The country borders Mali, Benin, Togo, Ghana and the Ivory Coast in the north, south-east and south respectively. Three main great rivers run through the country: The Mouhoun in the west and the Nazinon and the Nakembe which cut across the flat relief at the centre of the country. High plains of about 300 to 400 metres comprise the major part of the territory, though a few elevations dot the country. The highest one, Mount Tenakourou in the west near the frontier of Mali, measures 749 metres, followed by the peak of Nahouri in the south. The tropical weather in Burkina Faso is divided into two seasons: The dry season from November to May The rainy season from June to October The dry season consists of a cool period from November to February and a warm one from March to May. The weather in Burkina, generaly speaking, is healthy, sunny, warm and dry. An eventful history The historic existence of powerful kingdoms in the east, the centre and the north mark the history of Ouagadougou, Tenkodogo, Yatenga and the Kingdom of Gourma. The western region was inhabited by non-organized societies in centralised states.

94. Burkina Faso News Sites burkina faso News Sites in English. http://www.world-newspapers.com/burkina.html

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95. West African Independence burkina Also known as burkina faso Independence from France 1960 From The countrywas renamed burkina in 1984 thousand years ago in the Sahel region southwest http://africanhistory.about.com/library/bl/bl-Independence-WA1.htm

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96. Health031 Vaccinating 70 Million West African Children Against Polio largest public health initiative in the region s history. NIDs) include Benin, BurkinaFaso, Cameroon, Chad the World Health Organization s regional Office for http://www.afrol.com/Categories/Health/health031_polio_wa.htm

Polio Vaccinating 70 million West African children against polio Related items News articles 08.08.2001 - Anti-polio campaign succeeding in Central Africa 27.02.2001 - Reports of poison vaccine sow panic in Congo 21.10.2000 - Polio campaigner among child soldiers 17.10.2000 - Vaccinating 70 million West African children against polio ... 27.07.2000 - Little response to health emergencies in poor countries Pages News, Africa Health News Niger Archive Nigeria Archive ... Mali Archive In Internet UNICEF WHO afrol.com, 17 October - Leaders from West and Central Africa have launched the largest public health initiative in the region's history. Over the next ten days, health workers and hundreds of thousands of volunteers in 17 countries in the region will join forces to immunize 70 million children against poliomyelitis. The effort is part of the global initiative to eradicate the crippling disease and certify the world polio-free by 2005. "This regional initiative is a model of the integration we are trying to achieve through ECOWAS (Economic Community of West African States). When the countries of Africa work together, we can accomplish so much," said the Chairman of ECOWAS, Malian President Alpha Oumar Konare. Child being immunized.

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99. BBC NEWS | World | Africa | Country Profiles | Timeline: Somalia to form a province of Italian East africa. districts and form Southwestern RegionalGovernment http://news.bbc.co.uk/hi/english/world/africa/newsid_1072000/1072611.stm

Home TV Radio Talk ... Programmes LANGUAGES Last Updated: Wednesday, 2 June, 2004, 09:26 GMT 10:26 UK E-mail this to a friend Printable version Timeline: Somalia A chronology of key events: - Arab tribes establish the sultanate of Adel on the Gulf of Aden coast. MOGADISHU Somali capital, pictured in more peaceful times Emerged as Arab settlement in 10th century Bought by Italy in 1905 Capital of independent Somalia from 1960 Estimated population: 1 million - Somali people begin to migrate from Yemen. - Sultanate of Adel disintegrates into small states. - Egypt occupies towns on Somali coast and parts of the interior. - France acquires foothold on the Somali coast, later to become Djibouti. - Britain proclaims protectorate over Somaliland. - Anglo-French agreement defines boundary between Somali possessions of the two countries. - Italy sets up a protectorate in central Somalia, later consolidated with territory in the south ceded by the sultan of Zanzibar. - Territory east of the Jubba river detached from Kenya to become the westernmost part of the Italian protectorate.

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