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Burkina Faso to open trial on 1987 Sankara assassination

The trial of 14 men, including a former president, is set to begin in Burkina Faso over the assassination of the country’s revered revolutionary leader Thomas Sankara 34 years ago. In the trial opening on Monday, former President Blaise Compaore and 13 others face an array of charges in the death of Sankara, described by his followers as the African Che Guevara. The killing of Sankara, an icon of pan-Africanism, […]

today11 October 2021

International News

Trial of alleged coup leaders opens in Burkina Faso

Two senior allies of Burkina Faso’s deposed former President Blaise Compaore and scores of others appeared in court on Tuesday accused of organizing a 2015 coup attempt against a transitional government. Protesters, angered by Compaore’s attempt to change the constitution to extend his 27-year rule, forced him to flee the West African nation in 2014. He now lives in exile in neighboring Ivory Coast. Troops from the elite Presidential Security […]

today28 February 2018

International News

Restaurant attacked by gunmen in Burkina Faso

An attack by gunmen on a Turkish restaurant that began late on Sunday left at least 17 people dead and eight wounded in the capital of Burkina Faso, a West African country that has seen a surge in violence by armed groups over the past few years. The figure was released early on Monday by Burkina Faso's communications minister Remi Dandjinou. There was no immediate claim of responsibility for the […]

today14 August 2017

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