A radio DJ in this country played the song "Heartbreaker" to interrupt the announcement of a coup, and this country sent census takers into nomadic camps in a disputed region, thus initiating the Christmas War. In a popular epigram, the Soviet (*)  Union was compared to this country "with rockets". It's not Morocco, but one kingdom based in this country sacked Timbuktu in a war against the Songhai
A radio DJ in this country played the song "Heartbreaker" to interrupt the announcement of a coup, and this country sent census takers into nomadic camps in a disputed region, thus initiating the Christmas War. In a popular epigram, the Soviet (*)  Union was compared to this country "with rockets". It's not Morocco, but one kingdom based in this country sacked Timbuktu in a war against the Songhai. This country's capital city shares a name with the ruling house of one of its Mossi Kingdoms. This country was renamed to a native term meaning 'Land of Honest Men" by President Thomas Sankara. For ten points, name this country, formerly known as Upper Volta, whose capital is Ouagadougou.
A radio DJ in this country played the song "Heartbreaker" to interrupt the announcement of a coup, and this country sent census takers into nomadic camps in a disputed region, thus initiating the Christmas War.
Burkina Faso  (accept  Upper Volta  until those words are said.)