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A massacre led by Blaise Compaoré, an ally of France, put an end to the 1983 revolution, which today inspires struggles in the Sahel Exactly 38 years ago, Burkina Faso lost its revolutionary leader ...
OUAGADOUGOU, Burkina Faso (AP) — Nearly 30 years after President Thomas Sankara was killed in a coup as he strived to make his West African country an egalitarian one, his purported grave is being dug ...
In Burkina Faso, a “site of fear” has been transformed into one of remembrance and hope with the opening of a mausoleum commemorating Thomas Sankara, a revolutionary former president of the landlocked ...
Ce vendredi, des Burkinabè ont manifesté devant la représentation de l’ONU à Ouagadougou. Ils reprochent à l’organisation d’avoir accusé les Forces de défense et de sécurité (FDS) ainsi que les ...
For young people, who make up 75% of Burkina Faso's population, Sankara's legacy lives on in the policies of the current president Thirty-eight years after the assassination of Pan-Africanist leader ...
OUAGADOUGOU (Reuters) - Burkina Faso's new transitional president has promised to open an investigation to identify remains believed to be those of the West African nation's murdered revolutionary ...
La mission en cours au Sahel central, dirigée par le Coordonnateur spécial des Nations Unies pour le développement au Sahel, le Secrétaire général adjoint Abdoulaye Mar Dieye, et le Directeur régional ...
En début de semaine, la junte du Burkina Faso a expulsé la principale représentante des Nations Unies dans le pays, Carol Flore-Smereczniak, la déclarant « persona non grata » à la suite d'un nouveau ...