• Current information on Burkina

• Burkina Faso News : Stanford University collection of links to websites containing news on Burkina
• All-Afrika.com African news agency - news on BF
• IRIN-News News on BF from the UN organization for humanitarian aid

• Pictures of Burkina Faso

• Pictures of the country and its people - Abc Burkina
• Pictures on Burkina Online

• General information on Burkina Faso

• Burkina Faso currently has about 12 million inhabitants. The country covers an area 276, 000 square kilometres. The official language spoken is French. For detailed information contact the following websites:
• Overview of the country - a profile
• Profile of Burkina by the ÖFSE (Austrian Research Foundation for Development Aid)
• General information on Burkina by the Austrian cooperation for development (including a literature list)
• BBC's profile of Burkina (in English)
• Columbia Encyclopedie (in English)
• ABC-Burkina

• Geography:
• Atlas du Burkina Faso - information on Burkina; flag, maps, geography, history, etc .
• History:
• History of West - Africa (with information on Burkina , Senegal , Togo , Mali and Niger)
• History of Burkina Faso (in French)
• Nature and Ecology:
• Miruram Burkina
• Political information on Burkina Faso:
• Elections around the world

• Information on Human Rights:
• Amnesty International Publications (by Amnesty International)
• Developmental Progress:
• Human Development Report (United Nations Development Programme)

• Collections of links and webportals

• Central link collection about Burkina serveral topics
• Burkina at a glance

• Stanford University link collection (U.S) on Africa and Burkina
• www.burkinaonline.bf    Webportal
• www.fasonews.net    Webportal
• Burkina-Ntic Website in the development of Burkina
• Websites of the international institut for development and communication

• National Institutions

• The government of Burkina Faso
• Ministery of Ecology and Water
• Foreign ministery
• Society of city development
• Commission Electorale Nationale Indépendante (CENI)
• Administration of the capital city Ouagadougou

• Languages and the position of language in Burkina

Over 60 different languages and many dialects of these languages are spoken in BF. More information:

• Ethnologue: Languages of the World: Detailed map of the 60 languages  (in English)

• Language Situation: An overview plus commentary by Laval University in Canada (in French)
• National Comission for Francophonie (CNF)

• Schools and university

• Studies in Burkina Faso  Website for student exchange

• Tourism and site seeing

• Information on tourism:
• The webpage of the ministry of Tourism and Culture (very informative)
• World Travel Guide (extensive in respect to travel formalities)
• Lonely Planet Destinations

• Links to culture and history of BF

• Collection of links about African art
• The art of Burkina Faso (extensive website on traditional art)
• Picture collection of ritual statues and objects of west-african people
• African Online Digital Library - (pictures of the past and the present)
• Images et Colonies 1900-1960 - picture collection showing life in colonial times
• Myths and Legends from Burkina

(Pictures from ABC Burkina and Burkinaonline, as well as from the website of Dr. Christopfer D. Roy)