Burkina Faso
Burkina Faso, or Burkina, a landlocked country in western Africa. It lies south of the Sahara and is bordered by Mali, Niger, Benin, Togo, Ghana, and Cte d'Ivoire.
Burkina Faso, or Burkina, a landlocked country in western Africa. It lies south of the Sahara and is bordered by Mali, Niger, Benin, Togo, Ghana, and Cte d'Ivoire.
Little is known of the area that became Burkina Faso until the 15th century A.D., when the Mossi people organized themselves into several city-states.
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