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People of Burkina Faso should forget about democracy, says military ruler

Ibrahim Traoré, who took power in 2022 coup, tells state broadcaster ‘we must tell the truth, democracy isn’t for us’

The Guardian - UK

Burkina Faso's military leaders turn to 'Africa's Che Guevara' to rally struggling country

The military rulers of Burkina Faso have turned to a man once known as “Africa’s Che Guevara” as a way to rally a country struggling to defeat extremists and turning away from former Western allies

The Independent UK

Winning hearts and power: how Mali’s military regime gained popular support

Mali’s interim president, Colonel d’Armée Assimi Goïta, who came to power in a coup on 18 August 2020, enjoys remarkably strong public support. Survey data from pan-African research network Afrobarometer and the Mali-Métre survey, run by Germany’s Friedrich-Ebert-Stiftung since 2012, indicate high levels of satisfaction with junta rule. In the…

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Burkina Faso’s Ibrahim Traoré is making waves in west Africa. Who is he?

Captain Ibrahim Traoré is the interim leader of Burkina Faso, having taken over the position following a coup which he led against Lieutenant Colonel Paul Henri Damiba in September 2022. The 37-year-old captain had supported Damiba, his commanding officer, in a putsch earlier that year against former president Roch Marc…

The Conversation

‘What a project, what a challenge!’: Africa’s leading architect gives Thomas Sankara a proper place of rest

Pritzker prize-winner Francis Kéré has designed a memorial to honour ‘Africa’s Che Guevara’, Burkina Faso’s visionary president who was assassinated in 1987

The Guardian - UK

Sankara replaces General Charles de Gaulle as Burkina Faso decolonises street name

Burkina Faso’s military rulers have officially renamed one of main streets in the capital Ouagadougou, replacing the country's former colonial ruler with its pan-africanist father of independence, Thomas Sankara. The move follows similar trends in Cote d’Ivoire and Senegal.

Radio France Internationale

Burkina Faso’s murdered leader Thomas Sankara reburied at site of his death

Thomas Sankara, the army captain turned revolutionary who led Burkina Faso in an anti-imperialist coup, was reburied on Thursday at the site in Ouagadougou where he and 12 comrades were murdered in 1987.

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Thomas Sankara, ‘Africa’s Che Guevara’, reburied in Burkina Faso

Burkina Faso’s revolutionary leader, Thomas Sankara, was reburied Thursday, eight years after his body was exhumed as part of an investigation.

France 24

Revolutionary leader Thomas Sankara reburied in Burkina Faso

Former leader’s remains, and those of the 12 people who were killed with him, reburied at assassination site.

Al Jazeera

Iconic West African leader Sankara reburied in Burkina Faso

Burkina Faso’s revolutionary leader, Thomas Sankara, has been reburied, eight years after his body was exhumed as part of an investigation

The Independent UK

Burkina Faso buries exhumed remains of murdered ex-leader Sankara

The exhumed remains of Burkina Faso's beloved ex-president Thomas Sankara, whose 1987 murder shocked the West African nation, were laid to rest at a ceremony in the capital Ouagadougou on Thursday.

Reuters

Junta supporters take to the streets to celebrate French troop withdrawal from Burkina Faso

Thousands of demonstrators rallied in Burkina Faso's capital Ouagadougou on Saturday in support of the ruling junta, days after France confirmed its special forces there would withdraw.

Radio France Internationale

A look back at the major African news stories of 2022

From the COP27 climate summit in Egypt to coups d'état in Burkina Faso and the French military withdrawal from Mali, FRANCE 24 takes a look at some of the news highlights from Africa this year.

France 24

Burkina Faso's Compaoré apologises to family of murdered Sankara

Burkina Faso's former president Blaise Compaoré, sentenced in absentia to life in jail for the 1987 assassination of revolutionary icon Thomas Sankara, has apologised to the ex-leader's family.

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Ex-Burkina Faso president Compaore apologises to family of slain predecessor

Burkina Faso's former president, Blaise Compaore, has apologised to the family of his late predecessor, Thomas Sankara, whose 1987 murder a military court found him complicit in earlier this year.

France 24

Burkina ex-leader Compaoré apologises to family of slain revolutionary icon Sankara

Burkina Faso's former president Blaise Compaoré, sentenced in absentia to life in jail for the 1987 assassination of revolutionary icon Thomas Sankara, apologised to the ex-leader's family on Tuesday.

Reuters

Summit with ex-Burkina president Compaore hit by no-shows, protests

Burkina Faso leader Paul-Henri Damiba's planned reconciliation summit of former presidents got off to a rocky start on Friday as two declined to attend and another faced protests outside his house over the participation of former strongman Blaise Compaore.

Reuters

Burkina Faso's ousted ex-president Compaore returns for summit

Burkina Faso's ex-president Blaise Compaore returned from exile on Thursday, almost eight years after he was toppled in an uprising, to take part in a meeting with interim president Paul-Henri Damiba and other former leaders.

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Guilty verdict in Sankara trial shows power of activists to fight impunity in Burkina Faso

On April 6, 2022, a military tribunal in Burkina Faso found 11 men, including the former president, Blaise Compaoré, guilty of “attacks on state security, complicity in murder and concealment of a corpse.”

France 24

A possible far-right victory in France: Scare tactic or real danger?

With three days to go until the first round of the presidential election, French voters are uninterested and undecided, leaving paper La Croix concerned about the country's future. Is alarm over a possible far-right victory a campaign strategy of Emmanuel Macron, or is far-right contender Marine Le Pen "more of…

France 24

Burkina Faso's ex-president Compaoré handed life sentence over Sankara murder

Former Burkinabé president Blaise Compaoré has been sentenced in absentia to life in prison for his role in the 1987 murder of his predecessor Thomas Sankara. There were gasps as the military court delivered the verdict, 35 years after the assassination of the man sometimes known as Africa's Che Guevara.…

The Independent UK

Burkina Faso tribunal sentences ex-leader Compaore to life

A Burkina Faso military tribunal has sentenced ex-President Blaise Compaore to life imprisonment for complicity in the murder of his predecessor Thomas Sankara in 1987 and for undermining state security

Radio France Internationale

Former Burkinabé president Blaise Campaoré sentenced to life for 1987 killing of Thomas Sankara

A military court in Burkina Faso has handed down a life term to former president Blaise Compaoré over the 1987 assassination of revolutionary leader Thomas Sankara.

Reuters

Burkina Faso's former president Compaore sentenced to life in prison over Sankara murder

Burkina Faso's former president Blaise Compaore was sentenced to life imprisonment for complicity in the 1987 murder of his predecessor Thomas Sankara, a military tribunal ruled on Wednesday.

France 24

Burkina Faso’s ex-president Compaoré sentenced to life over pan-African folk hero Sankara’s murder

Burkina Faso's former president Blaise Compaoré was sentenced in absentia to life in jail over his role in the 1987 murder of the country's revolutionary folk hero Thomas Sankara, a military court ruled on Wednesday, bringing the curtain down on a case that has tormented the West African nation for…

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