NOUN
- a desperately poor landlocked country in western Africa; was formerly Upper Volta under French rule but gained independence in 1960
How To Use Burkina Faso In A Sentence
- Upper Volta (former name Burkina Faso 13 00 N 2 00 W for Burkina Faso) The 2007 CIA World Factbook
- When McNamara and his wife visited the country now known as Burkina Faso, Dr. Le Berre took them to a small village clinic. Rene Le Berre, who led successful fight against river blindness, dies
- There have been suggestions Burkina Faso, which is mediating in the crisis, may be holding him against his will. BBC - Ouch
- I'll tell you what bothers me is someday there's gonna be some legitimate Burkina Faso-an entrepreneur who's simply in need of a small cash infusion to start-up a philanthropical venture, but jerks like Mr. Kajome are going to cause him to not be taken seriously. The Irrelevancy of Time: Bicycle Products Don't Spoil
- West African jongleur Gabin Dabiré is from Burkina Faso, which is bounded by the Sahara Desert and coastal rain forest. Phil Ramone and Danielle Evin: Dog Ears Music: Volume Sixty-Seven
- Among more than sixty languages spoken in Burkina Faso, thirty-eight belong to the Gur or Voltaic language family, including Mooré, Bwamu, Dagara, and Lobiri.
- Song: Sugar Man West African jongleur Gabin Dabiré is from Burkina Faso, which is bounded by the Sahara Desert and coastal rain forest. The Full Feed from HuffingtonPost.com
- The panel, which includes the presidents of Mauritania, South Africa, Tanzania, Burkina Faso and Chad, is to meet Friday in the Mauritanian capital, Nouakchott. African Union Declines Action Against Libya
- FAZ was arranging friendly matches with Ghana and Burkina Faso, both qualifiers to the Africa Cup finals.
- If I lived in Burkina Faso (in the city with the most euphonious name, Ouagadougou), I'd be complaining about the Ouagadougouns.
