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Burkina Faso
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Formerly Upper Volta, Burkina Faso achieved independence from France in August 1960 and spent many of its post-independence years under military rule. Repeated military coups during the 1970s and...
 
 
 
                       
 
 
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Ouagadougou
Upper Volta
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Burkina Faso
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Blaise Campaore
 
 
 
 
 
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