{"id":21188,"date":"2026-04-03T11:03:17","date_gmt":"2026-04-03T05:33:17","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/vajiramandravi.com\/current-affairs\/?p=21188"},"modified":"2026-04-03T12:36:22","modified_gmt":"2026-04-03T07:06:22","slug":"burkina-faso-prelims","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/vajiramandravi.com\/current-affairs\/burkina-faso-prelims\/","title":{"rendered":"Burkina Faso"},"content":{"rendered":"<h2><b>Burkina Faso Latest News<\/b><\/h2>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Recently, India has sent a consignment of one thousand metric tonnes of rice to Burkina Faso as humanitarian assistance.<\/span><\/p>\n<h2><b>About Burkina Faso<\/b><\/h2>\n<ul>\n<li style=\"font-weight: 400;\" aria-level=\"1\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">It is a <\/span><b>landlocked country<\/b><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> in <\/span><b>western Africa.<\/b><\/li>\n<li style=\"font-weight: 400;\" aria-level=\"1\"><b>Bordering countries:<\/b><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> It shares its borders with <\/span><b>six other nations<\/b><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">: <\/span><b>Mali <\/b><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">to the north and west, <\/span><b>Niger <\/b><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">to the east, and <\/span><b>Benin<\/b><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> to the southeast, while to the south it touches <\/span><b>Togo, Ghana, and Ivory Coast.<\/b><\/li>\n<li style=\"font-weight: 400;\" aria-level=\"1\"><b>Capital City:<\/b><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> Ouagadougou<\/span><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<h2><b>Geographical Features of Burkina Faso<\/b><\/h2>\n<ul>\n<li style=\"font-weight: 400;\" aria-level=\"1\"><b>Terrain: <\/b><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">It is predominantly characterized by <\/span><b>savannahs, plateaus, and low mountains<\/b><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> in the southwest.<\/span><\/li>\n<li style=\"font-weight: 400;\" aria-level=\"1\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">The northern region, known as the Sahel, is arid and desert-like.<\/span><\/li>\n<li style=\"font-weight: 400;\" aria-level=\"1\"><b>Highest mountain:<\/b><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> Mount Tenakourou<\/span><\/li>\n<li style=\"font-weight: 400;\" aria-level=\"1\"><b>Rivers:<\/b><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> Black Volta, Red Volta, and White Volta (These 3 converge in Ghana and form the Volta River).<\/span><\/li>\n<li style=\"font-weight: 400;\" aria-level=\"1\"><b>Lakes:<\/b><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">\u00a0 The country&#8217;s <\/span><b>largest lake, Lake Bam<\/b><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">, lies near the center of the country.<\/span><\/li>\n<li style=\"font-weight: 400;\" aria-level=\"1\"><b>Natural Resources: <\/b><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">It is rich in mineral resources, and produces <\/span><b>gold, silver, zinc, manganese<\/b><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">, phosphate and limestone in substantial quantities.<\/span><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p><b>Source: <\/b><strong><a href=\"https:\/\/www.newsonair.gov.in\/india-sends-1000-metric-tonnes-of-rice-to-burkina-faso-as-humanitarian-aid\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\">News on Air<\/a><\/strong><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Burkina Faso is a landlocked country in western Africa. 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