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Posted 27 Apr 2024

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Burkina Faso (Capital: Ouagadougou)

  • Burkina Faso suspended BBC and Voice of America after covering report on mass killings.

 

  • Political features 
    • Location: A landlocked country in western Africa. 
    • Bordering nations: Bounded by Mali, Niger, Benin, Côte d’Ivoire, Ghana, and Togo.

 

  • Geographics features 
    • Highest mountain: Mount Tenakourou
    • Rivers: Black Volta, Red Volta, and White Volta (all 3 converge in Ghana to the south to form the Volta River).
    • Lakes: Bam and Oursi
    • Vegetation: Consisting mainly of flat savanna which lies within the Sahelian zone.

 

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  • uagadougou
  • Volta River
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