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The Coat Of Arms of Burkina Faso contains a shield based on the national flag. Above the shield the name of the country is show, while below it is the national motto, ''Unité, Progrès, Justice'', French for ''Unity, Progress, Justice''. The supporters are two white stallions.

This coat of arms is similar to the old Upper Volta coat of arm with the Burkina Faso flag replacing the Upper Volta flag in the middle. At earlier time of the Burkinabé revolution another coat of arms showing a ''Daba'' (a traditional African ploughing instrument) and a Kalashnikov AK-47 with the motto ''La Patrie ou la Mort'' (''Fatherland or death'') was in use.

The motto of Upper-Volta was ''Unité, Travail, Justice'' (''Unity, Labour, Justice'').