Conventional Long Form Name of Country: Burkina Faso(No Longer Form)
Capital City: Ouagadougou
Type of Government: presidential republic
Date of Independence: 5 August 1960 (from France)
National Holidays: Republic Day, 11 December
Chief of State: President Roch Marc Christian KABORE (since 29 December 2015)
Head of Government: Prime Minister Paul Kaba THIEBA (since 6 January 2016)
Description of Executive Branch/Powers: Council of Ministers appointed by the president on the recommendation of the prime minister. President elected by absolute majority popular vote in two rounds, if needed, for a 5-year term (eligible for a second); election last held on 29 November 2015 (next scheduled for November 2020); prime minister appointed by the president with consent of the National Assembly
Description of Legislative Branch/Powers: Unicameral National Assembly (127 seats; members directly elected in multi-seat constituencies by proportional representation vote to serve 5-year terms)
Description of Judicial Branch/Powers: Supreme Court of Appeals or Cour de Cassation (consists of NA judges); Council of State (consists of NA judges); Constitutional Council or Conseil Constitutionnel (consists of the council president and 9 members). Supreme Court judge appointments mostly controlled by the president of Burkina Faso; judges have no term limits. Appeals Court; High Court; first instance tribunals; district courts; specialized courts relating to issues of labor, children, and juveniles; village (customary) courts.
Suffrage: 18 years of age; universal
Name of THEIR Ambassador to the U.S.: Ambassador (vacant); Charge d'Affaires Seydou SINKA (since 1 November 2014)
Location of THEIR embassy in the U.S.: 2340 Massachusetts Avenue NW, Washington, DC 20008
Locations of THEIR consulates in the U.S.: 545 Boylston St., 3rd Floor Boston, MA 02116
Name of U.S. Ambassador to THEM: Ambassador Andrew YOUNG
Location of U.S. embassy THERE:Rue 15.873, Avenue Sembene Ousmane, Ouaga 2000, Secteur 15
Locations of U.S. consulates THERE: Avenue Sembene Ousmane
Name of THEIR representative to UN: Michel Kafando
Description of the Symbolism of flag: two equal horizontal bands Conventional Long Form Name of Country: Burkina Faso(No longer Form Name)
Capital City: Ouagadougou
Type of Government: presidential republic
Date of Independence: 5 August 1960 (from France)
National Holidays: Republic Day, 11 December (1958)
Chief of State: President Roch Marc Christian KABORE
Head of Government: Prime Minister Paul Kaba THIEBA (since 6 January 2016)
Description of Executive Branch/Powers: Council of Ministers appointed by the president on the recommendation of the prime minister. president elected by absolute majority popular vote in two rounds, if needed, for a 5-year term (eligible for a second); election last held on 29 November 2015 (next scheduled for November 2020); prime minister appointed by the president with consent of the National Assembly.
Description of Legislative Branch/Powers: unicameral National Assembly (127 seats; members directly elected in multi-seat constituencies by proportional representation vote to serve 5-year terms)
Description of Judicial Branch/Powers: Supreme Court of Appeals or Cour de Cassation (consists of NA judges); Council of State (consists of NA judges); Constitutional Council or Conseil Constitutionnel (consists of the council president and 9 members). Appeals Court; High Court; first instance tribunals; district courts; specialized courts relating to issues of labor, children, and juveniles; village (customary) courts. Supreme Court judge appointments mostly controlled by the president of Burkina Faso; judges have no term limits.
of red (top) and green with a yellow five-pointed star in the center; red recalls the country's struggle for independence, green is for hope and abundance, and yellow represents the country's mineral wealth
National Symbols: white stallion; national colors: red, yellow, green
Descriptions of International Disputes: adding to illicit cross-border activities, Burkina Faso has issues concerning unresolved boundary alignments with its neighbors; demarcation is currently underway with Mali; the dispute with Niger was referred to the ICJ in 2010, and a dispute over several villages with Benin persists; Benin retains a border dispute with Burkina Faso around the town of Koualou
Quantity of refugees inside country AND countries of origin of refugees: 32,017 (Mali) (2016)
Quantity of Internally Displaced Persons: N/A
Quantity of Stateless Persons: N/A
Description of current human trafficking issues related to this country: Burkina Faso is a source, transit, and destination country for women and children subjected to forced labor and sex trafficking; Burkinabe children are forced to work as farm hands, gold panners and washers, street vendors, domestic servants, and beggars or in the commercial sex trade, with some transported to nearby countries; to a lesser extent, Burkinabe women are recruited for legitimate jobs in the Middle East or Europe and subsequently forced into prostitution; women from other West African countries are also lured to Burkina Faso for work and subjected to forced prostitution, forced labor in restaurants, or domestic servitude
Description of Illicit Drug trafficking/use: N/A
Capital City: Ouagadougou
Type of Government: presidential republic
Date of Independence: 5 August 1960 (from France)
National Holidays: Republic Day, 11 December
Chief of State: President Roch Marc Christian KABORE (since 29 December 2015)
Head of Government: Prime Minister Paul Kaba THIEBA (since 6 January 2016)
Description of Executive Branch/Powers: Council of Ministers appointed by the president on the recommendation of the prime minister. President elected by absolute majority popular vote in two rounds, if needed, for a 5-year term (eligible for a second); election last held on 29 November 2015 (next scheduled for November 2020); prime minister appointed by the president with consent of the National Assembly
Description of Legislative Branch/Powers: Unicameral National Assembly (127 seats; members directly elected in multi-seat constituencies by proportional representation vote to serve 5-year terms)
Description of Judicial Branch/Powers: Supreme Court of Appeals or Cour de Cassation (consists of NA judges); Council of State (consists of NA judges); Constitutional Council or Conseil Constitutionnel (consists of the council president and 9 members). Supreme Court judge appointments mostly controlled by the president of Burkina Faso; judges have no term limits. Appeals Court; High Court; first instance tribunals; district courts; specialized courts relating to issues of labor, children, and juveniles; village (customary) courts.
Suffrage: 18 years of age; universal
Name of THEIR Ambassador to the U.S.: Ambassador (vacant); Charge d'Affaires Seydou SINKA (since 1 November 2014)
Location of THEIR embassy in the U.S.: 2340 Massachusetts Avenue NW, Washington, DC 20008
Locations of THEIR consulates in the U.S.: 545 Boylston St., 3rd Floor Boston, MA 02116
Name of U.S. Ambassador to THEM: Ambassador Andrew YOUNG
Location of U.S. embassy THERE:Rue 15.873, Avenue Sembene Ousmane, Ouaga 2000, Secteur 15
Locations of U.S. consulates THERE: Avenue Sembene Ousmane
Name of THEIR representative to UN: Michel Kafando
Description of the Symbolism of flag: two equal horizontal bands Conventional Long Form Name of Country: Burkina Faso(No longer Form Name)
Capital City: Ouagadougou
Type of Government: presidential republic
Date of Independence: 5 August 1960 (from France)
National Holidays: Republic Day, 11 December (1958)
Chief of State: President Roch Marc Christian KABORE
Head of Government: Prime Minister Paul Kaba THIEBA (since 6 January 2016)
Description of Executive Branch/Powers: Council of Ministers appointed by the president on the recommendation of the prime minister. president elected by absolute majority popular vote in two rounds, if needed, for a 5-year term (eligible for a second); election last held on 29 November 2015 (next scheduled for November 2020); prime minister appointed by the president with consent of the National Assembly.
Description of Legislative Branch/Powers: unicameral National Assembly (127 seats; members directly elected in multi-seat constituencies by proportional representation vote to serve 5-year terms)
Description of Judicial Branch/Powers: Supreme Court of Appeals or Cour de Cassation (consists of NA judges); Council of State (consists of NA judges); Constitutional Council or Conseil Constitutionnel (consists of the council president and 9 members). Appeals Court; High Court; first instance tribunals; district courts; specialized courts relating to issues of labor, children, and juveniles; village (customary) courts. Supreme Court judge appointments mostly controlled by the president of Burkina Faso; judges have no term limits.
of red (top) and green with a yellow five-pointed star in the center; red recalls the country's struggle for independence, green is for hope and abundance, and yellow represents the country's mineral wealth
National Symbols: white stallion; national colors: red, yellow, green
Descriptions of International Disputes: adding to illicit cross-border activities, Burkina Faso has issues concerning unresolved boundary alignments with its neighbors; demarcation is currently underway with Mali; the dispute with Niger was referred to the ICJ in 2010, and a dispute over several villages with Benin persists; Benin retains a border dispute with Burkina Faso around the town of Koualou
Quantity of refugees inside country AND countries of origin of refugees: 32,017 (Mali) (2016)
Quantity of Internally Displaced Persons: N/A
Quantity of Stateless Persons: N/A
Description of current human trafficking issues related to this country: Burkina Faso is a source, transit, and destination country for women and children subjected to forced labor and sex trafficking; Burkinabe children are forced to work as farm hands, gold panners and washers, street vendors, domestic servants, and beggars or in the commercial sex trade, with some transported to nearby countries; to a lesser extent, Burkinabe women are recruited for legitimate jobs in the Middle East or Europe and subsequently forced into prostitution; women from other West African countries are also lured to Burkina Faso for work and subjected to forced prostitution, forced labor in restaurants, or domestic servitude
Description of Illicit Drug trafficking/use: N/A
Burkina Faso National Anthem