Tourist Information about Burkina Faso
Burkina Faso Background
Independence from France came to Burkina Faso (formerly Upper Volta) in 1960. Governmental instability during the 1970s and 1980s was followed by multiparty elections in the early 1990s. Several hundred thousand farm workers migrate south every year to Cote d'Ivoire and Ghana.
Tourist Destinations in Burkina Faso
| Ouagadougou | Ougadougou |