<a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Burkina_Faso" id="mwAVg" rel="mw:WikiLink" title="Burkina Faso">Burkina Faso</a>, then known as <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Republic_of_Upper_Volta" id="mwAVk" rel="mw:WikiLink" title="Republic of Upper Volta">Upper Volta</a>, becomes independent from France.