Burkina Faso Transnational Issues - 2005

Disputes - international:
two villages are in dispute along the border with Benin; Benin accuses Burkina Faso of moving boundary pillars; Burkina Faso border regions remain a staging area for Liberia and Cote d'Ivoire rebels and an asylum for refugees caught in local fighting; the Ivoirian Government accuses Burkina Faso of sheltering Ivoirian rebels

NOTE: The information regarding Burkina Faso on this page is re-published from the 2005 World Fact Book of the United States Central Intelligence Agency. No claims are made regarding the accuracy of Burkina Faso Transnational Issues 2005 information contained here. All suggestions for corrections of any errors about Burkina Faso Transnational Issues 2005 should be addressed to the CIA.