News reports and headlines from the African press, updated with breaking news.

Provides overview, key facts and events, timelines and leader profiles along with current news.

Information about the country, the Embassy of Burkina Faso - USA and the consular services.

Burkina Faso a country on the Meridian line. Part of On the Line, a project for the new millennium linking developed and developing countries.

Features map and brief descriptions of the geography, people, government, economy, communications, transportation, military and transnational issues.

About 400 photos taken in Mali and Burkina Faso among the Dogon, Fulani, Bozo, Lobi, Dagari and Birifor.

Basic details of a few upmarket hotels.

Burkina Faso consistently produces silk purses from sows' ears; they come from one of the poorest countries in the world, but they are renowned for their don't-worry-be-happy optimism and have managed to fashion a beautiful and culturally sophisticated country out of the little resources they do have.

Burkina Faso culture, activities, and related topics.

Extensive encyclopedia article on history, geography, government, economy, people, transportation, culture, language and education.