Republic of the Upper Volta

English Proper noun Republic of the Upper Volta 1 en Republic of Upper Volta. en 1960 October The Republic of the Upper Volta: A Modern Democratic State The Republic of the Upper Volta: Hour of Independence New York, N.Y. fr:Ambassade de France, Service de Presse et d’lnformation 3 https://archive.org/details/TheRepublicOfTheUpperVoltaHourOfIndependence/page/n4/mode/1up 460104147 On December 11, 1958, the Territorial Assembly transformed itself into the Constituent and Legislative Assembly, and on February 28, 1959, adopted the Constitution of the Upper Volta. This was finally approved by 75 per cent of the voters in a referendum held on March 15, 1959, and officially proclaimed on March 19. Thus was born the “one and indivisible” Republic of the Upper Volta, autonomous member State of the Community. 25 March 1963 w:Jack Gould TV: ‘Taming of a Virus’: Compelling Documentary on Measles Offers Fascinating, Never Dry, Details https://www.nytimes.com/1963/03/25/archives/tv-taming-of-a-virus-compelling-documentary-on-measles-offers.html Perhaps the most heartening interlude of the entire program came with the emergency use of the vaccines in the Republic of the Upper Volta, where one out of every five children under the age of 6 years dies from measles. 29 June 2025 Caroline Kimeu; Benoit Faucon The Coup Leader Who’s Become an Anti-Western Hero in Africa and Beyond https://www.wsj.com/world/africa/who-is-ibrahim-traore-burkina-faso-ef9ace8d Often called “Africa's Che Guevara,” Thomas Sankara renamed the Republic of the Upper Volta as Burkina Faso, or “land of the upright people,” and set about making the country more self-sufficient before he was assassinated in 1987.