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| My sister, Audrey has decided to join the Peace Corps after graduating from college and will spend the next two and half years in the west African country of Burkina Faso. It is my goal to go and visit her, but you can use this website to read more about the country and her experiences. |
| You can visit her blog @ http://audreysafricanadventures.blogspot.com for the most current updates! |
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| From the CIA Factbook- Burkina Faso (formerly Upper Volta) achieved independence from France in 1960. Repeated military coups during the 1970s and 1980s were followed by multiparty elections in the early 1990s. Current President Blaise COMPAORE came to power in a 1987 military coup and has won every election since then. Burkina Faso's high population density and limited natural resources result in poor economic prospects for the majority of its citizens. Recent unrest in Cote d'Ivoire and northern Ghana has hindered the ability of several hundred thousand seasonal Burkinabe farm workers to find employment in neighboring countries. |
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Rate As of 10/27/08 $1USD = 506.59 CFA Franc |
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| Video-(.wma,
Windows Media) Children of Sissamba- from my trip over break to see my sister. |
| Change for Peace, Spring 2009 |
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