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		Maurice Yaméogo, qui avait dirigé le pays pendant la période transitoire, devient le premier président de la jeune République.
		Proclamation de l’indépendance de la Haute-Volta ; Maurice Yaméogo en est le premier président.
		En 1956, la section voltaïque du R.D.A. prend le nom de Parti démocratique unifié, qui devient à son tour l'Union démocratique voltaïque, dont les deux principaux leaders sont Ouezzin Coulibaly et Maurice Yaméogo ; à la même époque, Nazi Boni crée le Parti du rassemblement africain, particulièrement bien implanté dans l'ouest du pays.
	abmp.free.fr /bf_histoire.htm (2829 words)

	FACT SHEET: Burkina Faso at a Glance
		In 1960, Maurice Yaméogo, a Mossi, was elected as the countries first president.
		In 1966, a military-led coup ousted Yaméogo from office for using public funds for personal items.
		When outright colonization finally started to lose its appeal in the middle of the 20th century, Upper Volta was one of the most vocal in calling for the return of independence.
	deploymentlink.osd.mil /deploy/info/africa/burkina_faso/index.shtml (805 words)

	Burkina Faso
		In 1958 it became a self-governing republic and in 1960 achieved full independence with Maurice Yaméogo as president.
		A military coup in 1966 removed Yaméogo and installed Col Sangoulé Lamizana as president and prime minister.
		In the 1890s it became a province of French West Africa, known as Upper Volta.
	www.tiscali.co.uk /reference/encyclopaedia/hutchinson/m0020326.html (665 words)

	Burkina Faso. The Columbia Encyclopedia, Sixth Edition. 2001-05
		The constitution of 1960 established a strong presidential government, and Maurice Yaméogo of the Voltaic Democratic Union (UDV) became the first president.
		On Aug. 5, 1960, Upper Volta achieved full independence.
	www.bartleby.com /65/bu/BurkinaF.html (1464 words)

	Burkina Faso in 1999
		The lands occupied by today's Burkina Faso became the Haute Volta territory in 1947 and in 1958, a self governing republic in the French Community, under Maurice Yaméogo who was re-elected in 1960 and 1965.
		The Mossi Kingdom of Ouagadougou established in the 14th century came under the authority of the Songhai Empire in the 15th, recuperated its autonomy in the 16th and became a French protectorate in 1897.
		In January 1966, the army chief of staff General Sangoulé Lamizana, assumed power and suspended the constitution.
	berclo.net /page99/99en-burkina-faso.html (1231 words)

	Burkina Faso: Afropop Country -- West Africa
		But the land was so undeveloped that when independence came in 1960, the first president Maurice Yaméogo resisted the French departure.
		Authoritarian rule and further drought marked the first two decades of independence.
		But after World War II, the French assuaged Mossi leaders and punished Ivory Coast's increasingly anti-French leader Félix Houphet-Boigny by re-establishing the colony.
	www.afropop.org /explore/country_info/ID/24/BurkinaFaso (657 words)

	Tour du Faso 2002: welcome on the official web site
		All Presidents in power since 1960, with the exception of Maurice Yaméogo and Thomas Sankara, deceased, were part of this event, aimed at "softening hearts".
		On the 30th of March 2000, the Day of Forgiveness was the occasion for the Presidency to ask the people of Burkina Faso for forgiveness for the political violence and economic injustice of which they have been victims since independence.
		Let’s acknowledge that Burkina is being transformed into a true democratic state and this revolution is a real step forward for the little country that we are."
	www.letour.fr /stf/faso/2002/us/etape_05.html (806 words)

	Seite 2, Burkina Faso, Staat & Politik
		Der erste Präsident Maurice Yaméogo wurde 1966 nach einem Generalstreik von General Sangoulé Lamizana abgesetzt.
	www.inwent.org /v-ez/lis/burkina/seite2.htm (891 words)

	Discours de Me Yaméogo
		Ceux qui nous gouvernent, ce sont ceux-là qui ont fait ce qu'aucun chef d'Etat (depuis Maurice Yaméogo jusqu'à Thomas Sankara, en passant par Lamizana, Saye Zerbo, Jean-Baptiste Ouédraogo) n'a jamais fait en termes d'atteintes aux droits humains et d'ingérence.
	www.undd.org /meeting_du_17_10_04.htm (1649 words)

	Burkina Faso on the Internet
		Hermann Yaméogo, son of former Burkina Faso President Maurice Yaméogo, is party president.
		Topics: Chris Brazier returns after ten years to a village in Burkina Faso, female genital mutilation, how Sankara's revolution changed the role of chiefs, troubles over a gift of pills, education, a comparison of the government's of Thomas Sankara and Blaise Compaoré, polygamy and what it means to the women who live with it.
		It is involved in the construction, stocking, and management of village libraries in Burkina Faso and has organized a conference of village librarians.
	www-sul.stanford.edu /depts/ssrg/africa/burkina.html (3198 words)

	Burkina Faso on the Internet
		Hermann Yaméogo, son of former Burkina Faso President Maurice Yaméogo, is party president.
		Topics: Chris Brazier returns after ten years to a village in Burkina Faso, female genital mutilation, how Sankara's revolution changed the role of chiefs, troubles over a gift of pills, education, a comparison of the government's of Thomas Sankara and Blaise Compaoré, polygamy and what it means to the women who live with it.
		It is involved in the construction, stocking, and management of village libraries in Burkina Faso and has organized a conference of village librarians.
	www-sul.stanford.edu /depts/ssrg/africa/burkina.html (3198 words)

	Burkina Faso on the Internet
		Hermann Yaméogo, son of former Burkina Faso President Maurice Yaméogo, is party president.
		It is involved in the construction, stocking, and management of village libraries in Burkina Faso and has organized a conference of village librarians.
		Topics: Chris Brazier returns after ten years to a village in Burkina Faso, female genital mutilation, how Sankara's revolution changed the role of chiefs, troubles over a gift of pills, education, a comparison of the government's of Thomas Sankara and Blaise Compaoré, polygamy and what it means to the women who live with it.
	www-sul.stanford.edu /depts/ssrg/africa/burkina.html (3198 words)

	Burkina Faso on the Internet
		Hermann Yaméogo, son of former Burkina Faso President Maurice Yaméogo, is party president.
		Topics: Chris Brazier returns after ten years to a village in Burkina Faso, female genital mutilation, how Sankara's revolution changed the role of chiefs, troubles over a gift of pills, education, a comparison of the government's of Thomas Sankara and Blaise Compaoré, polygamy and what it means to the women who live with it.
		It is involved in the construction, stocking, and management of village libraries in Burkina Faso and has organized a conference of village librarians.
	www-sul.stanford.edu /depts/ssrg/africa/burkina.html (3198 words)

	Burkina Faso on the Internet
		Hermann Yaméogo, son of former Burkina Faso President Maurice Yaméogo, is party president.
		Topics: Chris Brazier returns after ten years to a village in Burkina Faso, female genital mutilation, how Sankara's revolution changed the role of chiefs, troubles over a gift of pills, education, a comparison of the government's of Thomas Sankara and Blaise Compaoré, polygamy and what it means to the women who live with it.
		It is involved in the construction, stocking, and management of village libraries in Burkina Faso and has organized a conference of village librarians.
	www-sul.stanford.edu /depts/ssrg/africa/burkina.html (3198 words)

	Burkina Faso on the Internet
		Hermann Yaméogo, son of former Burkina Faso President Maurice Yaméogo, is party president.
		Topics: Chris Brazier returns after ten years to a village in Burkina Faso, female genital mutilation, how Sankara's revolution changed the role of chiefs, troubles over a gift of pills, education, a comparison of the government's of Thomas Sankara and Blaise Compaoré, polygamy and what it means to the women who live with it.
		It is involved in the construction, stocking, and management of village libraries in Burkina Faso and has organized a conference of village librarians.
	www-sul.stanford.edu /depts/ssrg/africa/burkina.html (3198 words)

	Burkina Faso on the Internet
		Hermann Yaméogo, son of former Burkina Faso President Maurice Yaméogo, is party president.
		By Bila Yameogo and Sidbéwennë Dieudonné Ouédraogo Based in Ouagadogou, Burkina Faso.
		Site received honorable mention in UNESCO's 1998 web prize competition.
	www-sul.stanford.edu /depts/ssrg/africa/burkina.html (3198 words)

	Burkina Faso. The Columbia Encyclopedia, Sixth Edition. 2001
		The constitution of 1960 established a strong presidential government, and Maurice Yam& of the Voltaic Democratic Union (UDV) became the first president.
		Burkina Faso has a small mining industry that produces manganese, phosphates, and gold-bearing quartz; there are also small, and as yet largely untapped, deposits of antimony, copper, zinc, nickel, lead, bauxite, and uranium.
		Burkina Faso is one of the poorest nations in the world, with the great majority of its workers engaged in subsistence farming.
	www.bartleby.com /65/bu/BurkinaF.html (3198 words)

	Colonial Heads of Burkina Faso (Upper Volta)
		Maurice Yam�ogo, PresidentBecoming President of Republic of Upper Volta \n-\n
		Colony of Upper Volta ( Haut-Volta) within French West Africa \n-\n
		List of Colonial Heads of Upper Volta (Dates in italics indicate de facto continuation of office) {\n-\ncolspan="2"
	encyclopedia.codeboy.net /wikipedia/c/co/colonial_heads_of_burkina_faso__upper_volta_.html (3198 words)

	Burkina Faso: History
		The constitution of 1960 established a strong presidential government, and Maurice Yaméogo of the Voltaic Democratic Union (UDV) became the first president.
		In symbolic rejection of the nation's colonial past, Upper Volta became Burkina Faso in 1984; the name is a composite of local languages and is roughly translated as “the land of incorruptible men.” The country's dispute with Mali over the Agache border was revived in 1985.
		Upper Volta was involved in a border dispute with Mali in 1974 over land containing mineral reserves.
	www.infoplease.com /ce6/world/A0857074.html (977 words)

	Class of 1984
		Kevin Naderi, Nori Negron-Casimiro, Darius J. Nemati, Joe L. Neufeld, Michael H. New, Christopher S. Newman, Alfred F. Ng, David Ng, John C. Ng, Phillip Ng, Jeannie Ngai, James Nicholson, Maurice N. Nicholson, Rama S. Nicholson, Debra A. Nickolson, Debby Nimowitz-Laznik, Terence Nunes,
		David A. Yalof, Vincent W. Yam, Garrett B. Yankou, Audrey D. Yee-Fink, Grace E. Yee, Lisa Yee, Michael A. Yee, Emily M. Yeh, Margaret H. Yen, Matthew D. Yohalem, Ted M. Young, Patrick K. Yu, Debbie Yuen, Sung Y. Yun,
		Daniel M. Edelstein, Evan L. Eder, Michael T. Edwards, Phil Eguiguiurens, Margret B. Einarson, Peter S. Emanuel, Eileen T. Engel, Rachel H. Ephron-Barenholtz, Adam W. Epp, Kevin M. Erskine, Alex Evans, Paul S. Ewen, Jessica Eyland,
	www2.bxscience.edu /alum/1984 (1018 words)

	Burkina Faso. The Columbia Encyclopedia, Sixth Edition. 2001
		The constitution of 1960 established a strong presidential government, and Maurice Yaméogo of the Voltaic Democratic Union (UDV) became the first president.
		In 1947, Upper Volta was reestablished as a separate territory within the French Union, and in 1958 it became an autonomous republic within the French Community.
		In the southwest is the Komoé (Comoé) River, which flows through Côte d’Ivoire to the Gulf of Guinea; in the center are the Mouhon (Black Volta), Nazinon, and Nakambe (White Volta) rivers, which join in Ghana to form the Volta; and in the northeast are several small tributaries of the Niger.
	www.bartleby.com /65/bu/BurkinaF.html (1018 words)

	Profile - Burkina Faso
		A government was formed, headed by Maurice Yam�ogo, leader of the political party known as the Voltaic Democratic Union.
		The plateau is drained to the south by the Black Volta (Mouhoun), Red Volta (Nazinon), and White Volta (Nakanbe) rivers and to the east by small rivers connecting with the Niger; none are navigable.
		Following the reforms of the French Union in 1957, Upper Volta became, in 1958, a self-governing republic and a member of the new French community.
	www.inadev.org /profile_-_burkina_faso.htm (1018 words)

	Maurice Yam�ogo
		Maurice Yam�ogo (Koudougou 1921 - Ouagadougou, 1993) was the first president of Upper Volta (now Burkina Faso).
		He was president from 1960 until 1966, for the Voltaic Democratic Union, and was a member of the government whilst it was still a French colony.
		He studied in the Small Seminar of Pabr� to became a catholic priest, but lost his sacerdotal vocation when he met F�licit� Zagr� who later became his wife.
	pedia.newsfilter.co.uk /wikipedia/m/ma/maurice_yameogo_1.html (1018 words)

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		Sherri Stoner's Favorite Gag - That John Candied-Yam Bit
		Written by Rich Arons, Sherri Stoner, Peter Hastings
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