Burkina Faso

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Burkina Faso—"Land of the Upright People"—is a landlocked Sahelian country in West Africa, bordered by Mali, Niger, Benin, Togo, Ghana, and Côte d'Ivoire. Despite being among the world's least developed nations, it possesses a vibrant cultural identity, most famously as host to FESPACO, Africa's biggest film festival.