Ouahigouya
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Ouahigouya is a city in northern Burkina Faso, situated 182 kilometres northwest of Ouagadougou. It is the capital of the Yatenga Province and one of its subdivisions the Ouahigouya Department. It is
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View of Ouahigouya (2005)
Agacher Strip War
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The Agacher Strip War, also known as the Christmas War, was a brief conflict fought by Burkina Faso and Mali over a 160-kilometre-long strip of land along the border in northern Burkina Faso from 25 t
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…The city still bears testimony to its role as capital of the Yatenga Kingdom in its name, the meaning of which is come and prostrate yourselves. In the Christmas War of 1985, the city's marketplace was bombed by Malian forces, almost 100 people being killed. Mainly of an agriculturally based economy, Ouahigouya also…
The war improved the popularity of Malian President Moussa Traoré's regime.