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  Burkina Faso - HighBeam Encyclopedia   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-01)
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.
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 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.
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 NationMaster - Encyclopedia: March 31   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-01)
March 31, 2005 The rebel Democratic Forces for the Liberation of Rwanda, members of which had participated in the 1994 Rwandan Genocide, announces that it is giving up its armed struggle.
Unified Democratic Party (in French: Parti Démocratique Unifié), was, alhough its name, not a political party but an electoral alliance of two parties, the Voltaic Democratic Union (UDV-RDA) and the Social Party for the Emancipation of the African Masses (PSEMA), ahead of the 1958 territorial assembly elections in...
Voltaic Democratic Movement (in French: Mouvement Démocratique Voltaïque) was a political party in Upper Volta, led by Gérard Kango Ouédraogo.
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 1Up Travel > Burkina Faso > Travel & Tourism | Tourist Guide to Burkina Faso
In 1932, the new colony was dismembered in a move to economize; it was reconstituted in 1937 as an administrative division called the Upper Coast.
Upper Volta became an autonomous republic in the French community on December 11, 1958.
On August 4, 1984, Upper Volta changed its name to Burkina Faso, meaning "the country of honorable people." Sankara, a charismatic leader, sought by word, deed, and example to mobilize the masses and launch a massive bootstrap development movement.
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 List of political parties - Facts, Information, and Encyclopedia Reference article
Union Démocratique du Cameroun (Democratic Union of Cameroon)
Union des Démocrates de Côte d'Ivoire (Union of Democrats of Côte d'Ivoire)
Demokratska Zajednica Mađara Hrvatske (Democratic Union of Hungarians of Croatia)
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 Benin - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
Main articles on politics and government of Benin can be found at the Politics and government of Benin series.
Politics of Benin takes place in a framework of a presidential representative democratic republic, whereby the President of Benin is both head of state and head of government, and of a pluriform multi-party system.
Central Africa: Angola • Cameroon • Central African Republic • Chad • Democratic Republic of the Congo • Equatorial Guinea • Gabon • Republic of the Congo • São Tomé and Príncipe
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 Top20BurkinaFaso.com - Your Top20 Guide to Burkina Faso!
Formerly the Republic of Upper Volta, it was renamed on August 4, 1984 by President Thomas Sankara to mean "the land of upright people" (or "upright land") in Mossi and Dioula, the major native languages of the country.
The country owed its former name of Upper Volta to three rivers which cross it: le Mouhoun (formerly called the Black Volta), le Nakambé (the White Volta) and le Nazinon (the Red Volta).
The Voltaic are far more numerous and include the Mossi, who make up about one-half of the population.
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 The World Factbook 2004 -- Mali   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-01)
When Senegal withdrew after only a few months, what formerly made up the Sudanese Republic was renamed Mali.
Rule by dictatorship was brought to a close in 1991 with a transitional government and in 1992 when Mali's first democratic presidential election was held.
After his reelection in 1997, President Alpha KONARE continued to push through political and economic reforms and to fight corruption.
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