{"id":15389,"date":"2023-09-30T10:31:15","date_gmt":"2023-09-30T05:01:15","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/vajiramandravi.com\/current-affairs\/?p=15389"},"modified":"2025-04-03T10:28:34","modified_gmt":"2025-04-03T04:58:34","slug":"burkina-faso-upsc","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/vajiramandravi.com\/current-affairs\/burkina-faso-upsc\/","title":{"rendered":"Key Facts about Burkina Faso"},"content":{"rendered":"<h2><strong>About Burkina Faso:<\/strong><\/h2>\n<ul>\n<li>It is a\u00a0<strong>landlocked country in western Africa.<\/strong><\/li>\n<li><strong>Borders<\/strong>:\u00a0 It is bounded by\u00a0<strong>Niger<\/strong> to the east,\u00a0<strong>Mali<\/strong> to the north and west, and\u00a0<strong>Benin<\/strong>,\u00a0<strong>Togo<\/strong>,\u00a0<strong>Ghana<\/strong>, and\u00a0<strong>Ivory Coast<\/strong> to the south.\u00a0<\/li>\n<li><strong>Capital: Ouagadougou<\/strong><\/li>\n<li>Burkina Faso,\u00a0<strong>previously known as Upper Volta<\/strong>, was\u00a0<strong>once part of French West Africa since 1896. I<\/strong>t\u00a0<strong>gained independence from France in 1960<\/strong>.<\/li>\n<li><strong>Geography:<\/strong>\n<ul>\n<li>It is predominantly characterized by\u00a0<strong>savannahs, plateaus, and low mountains<\/strong> in the southwest.<\/li>\n<li>The\u00a0<strong>northern region, known as the Sahel, is arid and desert-like<\/strong>.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/li>\n<li><strong>Languages:<\/strong>\n<ul>\n<li>The\u00a0<strong>official language of Burkina Faso is French<\/strong>, which is used in government and education.<\/li>\n<li>There are\u00a0<strong>many indigenous languages<\/strong> spoken throughout the country, with\u00a0<strong>Moore (Mossi) being one of the most widely spoken.<\/strong><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/li>\n<li>The\u00a0<strong>economy is largely based on agriculture<\/strong>, which employs over 80% of the workforce.<\/li>\n<li><strong>Government<\/strong>: It is a\u00a0<strong>republic with a presidential system of government<\/strong>. It has experienced political transitions and changes in leadership over the years.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<hr \/>\n<h3>Q1) What is a Coup?<\/h3>\n<p>A coup, short for &#8220;coup d&#8217;\u00e9tat,&#8221; is a sudden and often violent overthrow of a government, typically carried out by a faction within the military or other governmental institutions. Coups can also involve civilian groups, political parties, or other individuals conspiring to seize power unlawfully. The objective of a coup is to replace the existing government, often against the wishes of the government&#8217;s leaders or without their consent.<\/p>\n<p><strong>Source: <\/strong><a href=\"https:\/\/www.bbc.com\/news\/world-africa-66945023\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\"><u>Burkina Faso junta says it foiled coup attempt<\/u><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Burkina Faso is a landlocked country in western Africa.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":5,"featured_media":15390,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_acf_changed":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[1],"tags":[],"class_list":{"0":"post-15389","1":"post","2":"type-post","3":"status-publish","4":"format-standard","5":"has-post-thumbnail","7":"category-upsc-prelims-current-affairs","8":"no-featured-image-padding"},"acf":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/vajiramandravi.com\/current-affairs\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/15389","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/vajiramandravi.com\/current-affairs\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/vajiramandravi.com\/current-affairs\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/vajiramandravi.com\/current-affairs\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/5"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/vajiramandravi.com\/current-affairs\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=15389"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/vajiramandravi.com\/current-affairs\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/15389\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/vajiramandravi.com\/current-affairs\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/15390"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/vajiramandravi.com\/current-affairs\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=15389"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/vajiramandravi.com\/current-affairs\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=15389"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/vajiramandravi.com\/current-affairs\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=15389"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}