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French Upper Volta

Upper Volta was a colony of French West Africaestablished on March 1, 1919, from territories that had been part of the colonies of Upper Senegal and Niger and the Côte d'Ivoire...

Timeline of Events

1932

9.5.1932

The French Upper Volta is broken apart between Ivory Coast, French Sudan, and Niger.

1957

3.31.1957

Elections to the Territorial Assembly of the French colony Upper Volta are held. After the elections PDU and MDV form a government.

1958

12.11.1958

French Upper Volta gains self-government from France, becomes the Republic of Upper Volta, and joins the French Community.

1966

1.4.1966

A military coup takes place in Upper Volta (later Burkina Faso), dissolving the National Parliament and leading to a new national constitution.