Blaise Compaore, a former president of Burkina Faso, has been sentenced to life imprisonment for complicity in the 1987 murder of his predecessor, Thomas Sankara, in a coup. He was sentenced… Read More
A Burkina Faso court has found three former presidential guards guilty of involvement in the 1990 murder of a student leader, and sentenced them to terms of 10 to 30 years in prison. The thr… Read More
Burkina Faso: Mixed Reactions as Blaise Compaore Apologizes to Family of Slain Thomas SankaraAfrica NewsIn a letter read out to the media by the government spokesman, former Burkina Faso pre… Read More
Former Burkina Faso president gets life sentence for assassination of Sankara in 1987
Former Burkina Faso President Blaise Compaore, has been sentenced to life imprisonment over the 1987 a… Read More
Ex-Präsident Blaise Compaoré wurde wegen Beihilfe zum Mord an Thomas Sankara zu lebenslanger Haft verurteilt – allerdings wird er auch künftig ungestraft bleiben Read More
BURKINA FASO : BLAISE COMPAORE DESIGNE FONDATEUR ET PRESIDENT D’HONNEUR DU CDP Écrit par RFI Lundi, 07 Mai 2018 11:06 Au Burkina Faso, le Congrès pour la d&e… Read More
OUAGADOUGOU, Burkina Faso (AP) — A military court in Burkina Faso has started the trial of 14 people including former President Blaise Compaore for the killing of influential leftist l… Read More
Burkina Faso's exiled former president Blaise Compaore will be tried from October 11 for the murder of Thomas Sankara, the man he ousted in a 1987 coup, military prosecutors announced Tuesda… Read More
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Anselme BLAGNON
Roch Kaboré, le président du Burkina, a « donné mandat « au gouvernement de «… Read More
Supporters of former Burkina Faso President Thomas Sankara on Tuesday called for “institutionalizing” of October 15, the anniversary of his assassination, at a tribute ceremony i… Read More
OUAGADOUGOU, Burkina Faso —Jan 21, 2019—Burkina Faso‘s president has nominated a new prime minister after a mass resignation last week.
President Roch Marc Christian Kabore… Read More
Di Daniele Bellocchio”Ho preso la decisione che tutti i documenti prodotti dalle amministrazioni francesi durante il regime di Sankara e dopo il suo assassinio, …… Read More
Following in our Africa presidents series, we take a look at leaders who have in recent times been forced out of office.Of the ten presidents who died in office between 2008 and 2014, five o… Read More