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University of Ouagadougou. The University of Ouagadougou ( UO; French: Université de Ouagadougou) is a university located in Ouagadougou, Burkina Faso. Founded in 1974, it was officially renamed in 2015 as l’Université Ouaga 1 Professeur Ki-Zerbo. [1] The UO consists of seven Training and Research Units (UFR) and one institute.
Burkina Faso is a landlocked country in West Africa. It covers an area of 274,223 km 2 (105,878 sq mi), bordered by Mali to the northwest, Niger to the northeast, Benin to the southeast, Togo and Ghana to the south, and Ivory Coast to the southwest. As of 2021, the country had an estimated population of 23,674,480.
Opponents. Jama'at Nasr al-Islam wal Muslimin. Islamic State in the Greater Sahara. The Volunteers for the Defense of the Homeland ( French: Volontaires pour la défense de la patrie, abbr. VDP) is an armed self-defense group in Burkina Faso created to fight jihadist insurgents. It is an auxiliary force supporting the Burkina Faso Armed Forces.
The Burkina Faso Armed Forces ( French: Forces armées du Burkina Faso) is the term used for the national military of Burkina Faso. The service branches of the armed forces include its Army, Air Force, National Gendarmerie and People's Militia. Being a landlocked country, Burkina Faso has no navy .
After declining to 1.9% in 2020 Burkina Faso's annual growth rate recovered to 6.9% in 2021 and is now at $918.15 USD [1] The economy remains dominated by the services sector, which contributed almost half (48%) of the GDP in 2013. The manufacturing sector plays a modest role in the economy, contributing 6% of GDP.
The African Contingency Operations Training and Assistance ( ACOTA) program, formerly the African Crisis Response Initiative (ACRI), is a United States program to train military trainers and equip African national militaries to conduct peace support operations and humanitarian relief . The ACOTA program, which succeeded ACRI in 2004, aims to ...
University of Ouagadougou. As of 2010 there were three main public universities in Burkina Faso: The Polytechnic University of Bobo-Dioulasso, the University of Koudougou and the University of Ouagadougou. The first private higher education institution was established in 1992 and the Université Libre de Ouagadougou [6] began operations in 2000.
Ibrahim Traoré. Ibrahim Traoré (born 14 March 1988) is a Burkinabè military officer who has been the interim leader of Burkina Faso since the 30 September 2022 coup d'état that ousted interim president Paul-Henri Sandaogo Damiba. [6] At age 36, Traoré is currently the second youngest serving state leader in the world, and the youngest ...