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The African Independence Party (French: Parti Africain de l'Indépendance) was a communist party in Burkina Faso (formerly Upper Volta), led by Philippe Ouédraogo. It was founded as the Voltan Section of the African Independence Party (PAI) on August 15, 1963. In 1973, PAI launched the Patriotic League for Development (LIPAD) as its ...
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- African Independence Party
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- African Independence Party (Touré)
In 1998, Burkina Faso hosted the Africa Cup of Nations for which the Omnisport Stadium in Bobo-Dioulasso was built. Burkina Faso qualified for the 2013 African Cup of Nations in South Africa and reached the final, but then lost to Nigeria 0–1.
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Iron production occurred in regions near Douroula at least as far back as the 8th century BC and was widely practiced across the region by the 5th century BC.Furnaces, mines, and surrounding dwellings dating from this time period are found across the country. Recent archeological discoveries at Bura in southwest Niger and in adjacent southwest Burk...
The French arrived and claimed the area in 1896, but Mossi resistance ended only with the capture of their capital Ouagadougou in 1901. In 1919, certain provinces from Ivory Coast were united into French Upper Volta in the French West Africa federation. In 1932, the new colony was split up for economic reasons; it was reconstituted in 1937 as an ad...
The Republic of Upper Volta declared independence on 5 August 1960. The first president, Maurice Yaméogo, was the leader of the Voltaic Democratic Union (UDV). The 1960 constitution provided for election by universal suffrage of a president and a national assembly for 5-year terms. Soon after coming to power, Yaméogo banned all political parties ot...
On 2 August 1984, on President Sankara's initiative, the country's name was changed from Upper Volta to Burkina Faso (land of the upright/honest people).The presidential decree was confirmed by the National Assembly on 4 August. Sankara's government formed the National Council for the Revolution (CNR), with Sankara as its president, and established...
Ouagadougou history and timeline(capital and largest city)Media related to History of Burkina Fasoat Wikimedia Commons- Prehistoricc. 3rd-13th century
- c. 1710-1898
- 1919-19321947-1958
- c. 11th century-1896
Group of Republican Democrats ( Groupe des Démocrates Républicain, GDR) Liberal Party of Burkina ( Parti Libéral du Burkina, PLB) Movement for Democracy and Rebirth ( Mouvement pour la Démocratie et la Renaissance, MDR) Movement for Tolerance and Progress ( Mouvement pour la Tolérance et le Progrès, MTP)
História Antiga e Medieval. Ver artigo principal: Reinos Mossi. Tal como toda a África Ocidental, o Burquina Fasso foi povoado em tempos remotos, com destaque para os caçadores-recolectores da parte noroeste do país (12 000 a 5 000 a.C. ), cujas ferramentas (raspadeiras, cinzéis e pontas de seta) foram descobertos em 1973 ...
