Guides and Directories

BBC News - Country Profile: Burkina Faso
Provides overview, key facts and events, timelines and leader profiles along with current news.
http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/world/africa/country_profiles/1032616.stm

CIA - The World Factbook: Burkina Faso
Features map and brief descriptions of the geography, people, government, economy, communications, transportation, military and transnational issues.
https://www.cia.gov/library/publications/the-world-factbook/geos/uv.html

Columbia University Libraries - African Studies: Burkina Faso
Directory of categorized and annotated links.
http://www.columbia.edu/cu/lweb/indiv/africa/cuvl/Burkina.html

The Index on Africa - Burkina Faso
Extensive set of categorized and annotated links to web resources from the Norwegian Council for Africa (NCA).
http://www.afrika.no/index/Countries/Burkina_Faso/

NationMaster - Burkina Faso
Profile includes information for various aspects of the country, with a special emphasis on statistics and rankings.
http://www.nationmaster.com/country/uv-burkina-faso

Stanford University - Africa South of the Sahara: Burkina Faso
Annotated directory of links to web resources.
http://www-sul.stanford.edu/depts/ssrg/africa/burkina.html

UK Foreign Office - Country Profiles: Burkina Faso
Overview of country's geography, history, politics, economy, international relations, travel and current affairs.
http://www.fco.gov.uk/en/about-the-fco/country-profiles/sub-saharan-africa/burkina-faso

University of Pennsylvania - African Studies Center: Burkina Faso
Annotated directory of links to resources.
http://www.africa.upenn.edu/Country_Specific/Burkina.html

U.S. Department of State - Burkina Faso
Country portal offers a map and links to Background Notes, USAID page, the US embassy and the current ambassador, press releases, fact sheets, annual Human Rights Reports and other major reports including Country and Industry Market Reports.
http://www.state.gov/p/af/ci/uv/

US Library of Congress - Portals to the World: Burkina Faso
Annotated directory of selected online resources.
http://www.loc.gov/rr/international/amed/burkinafaso/burkinafaso.html

Wikipedia - Burkina Faso
Hyperlinked encyclopedia article covers the history, government and politics, geography, economy, demographics, language and culture of the West African country.
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Burkina_Faso