Constitution

• Constitution (external link) (Government of Burkina Faso) in French
• Constitution du Burkina Faso (external link) (Burkina Faso. Ministere de la Justice)
• Constitution (external link) (Secrétariat Général du Gouvernement et du Conseil des Ministres) in French
• Constitution Finder (external link) (University of Richmond T.C. Williams School of Law)

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Executive

• President (external link)
• Premier Ministre (external link)
• Government (external link)

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Judicial

• COURTS: Ministere de la Justice (external link), Cour de Cassation (external link), Cour des Comptes (external link)

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Legislative

• OFFICIAL GAZETTE: Journal Officiel (external link)
• PARLIAMENT: Assemblee Nationale (external link)
• Legiburkina.bf (external link) (Burkina Faso. Secrétariat Général du Gouvernement)
• Documents en ligne (external link) (Burkina Faso. Ministere de la Justice)
• NATLEX: Burkina Faso (external link) (International Labour Organization) database of national laws on labor, social security and related human rights

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Legal Guides

• Global Legal Information Catalog: Burkina Faso (Law Library of Congress) provides bibliographic information on materials in our reference collection
• Multinational Reference (Law Library of Congress)
• Update: Burkina Faso Legal Information and Research (external link) (Kounkinè Augustin Somé; GlobaLex)
• Update: Sources of Online Legal Information for African Countries (external link) (Jane Williams; GlobaLex)
• World Legal Information Institute: Burkina Faso (external link) (WorldLII)
• World Legal Materials from Africa: Burkina Faso (external link) (Cornell Legal Information Institute)

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General Sources

• Background Note: Burkina Faso (U.S. Dept. of State)
• Chiefs of State and Cabinet Members of Foreign Governments: Burkina Faso (U.S. Central Intelligence Agency)
• Consular Information Sheet: Burkina Faso (U.S. Dept. of State)
• Country Information: Burkina Faso (U.S. Dept. of State)
• Country Reports on Human Rights Practices: Burkina Faso (U.S. Dept. of State)
• Embassy of Burkina Faso, Washington (external link)
• Human Rights in Burkina Faso (external link) (Amnesty International)
• International Religious Freedom Reports: Burkina Faso (U.S. Dept. of State)
• NATIONAL LIBRARY: Bibliothèque nationale du Burkina (external link)
• NEWS: BBC World Africa (external link); BBC French (external link)
• Stanford University: Burkina Faso (external link)
• U.S. Embassy, Ouagadougou (U.S. Dept. of State)
• UCB Libraries GovPubs: Burkina Faso (external link) (University of Colorado Boulder)
• World Factbook: Burkina Faso (U.S. Central Intelligence Agency)
• World Health Organization: Burkina Faso (external link)
• World Hunger: Burkina Faso (external link) (World Food Programme)
• WWW-VL African Studies: Burkina Faso (external link) (Columbia University)
• Yahoo: Burkina Faso (external link)

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Last Updated: 08/07/2012