Burkina Faso

Subject – IR

Context – Coup in Burkina Faso

Concept –

Country	Location	Capital
Burkina Faso	A landlocked country in West Africa.	Ouagadougou

Bordering Nations	Features
Mali to the northwest, Niger to the northeast, Benin to the southeast, Togo and Ghana to the south, Ivory Coast to the southwest.	The largest ethnic group in present-day Burkina Faso is that of the Mossi people. Burkina Faso is a least developed country with a GDP of $16.226 billion. 63% of its population practices Islam. Due to French colonialism, the country’s official language of government and business is French.