• Landlocked country in West Africa
• Borders Mali, Niger, Benin, Togo, Ghana, and Ivory Coast
• Area: 274,223 km2; Population (2024): approx. 23,286,000
• Capital: Ouagadougou; Citizens: Burkinabes

• Formerly Republic of Upper Volta (1958-1984), renamed Burkina Faso by Thomas Sankara
• Colonized by France in 1896; self-governing in 1958; fully independent in 1960
• Political instability; multiple coups (1966, 1980, 1982, 1983, 1987, 2022)

• One of the least developed countries; GDP: $16.226 billion (2022)
• Predominantly Islamic (63.8%); also Christian (26.3%) and animistic (9%)
• Official languages: Mooré, Dyula, Fula; former language French demoted in 2024

• Semi-presidential republic; UN, La Francophonie, and OIC member
• Exited ECOWAS in January 2024; suspended from African Union

List of newspapers published in Burkina Faso.