Burkina Faso (formerly [Upper Volta]
?) is a landlocked nation of western
Africa. Independence from
France came to 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.
The capital is Ouagadougou?, referred to by locals as "Waga".
Not Wikified.
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