Burkina Faso

Gunmen Kill 8 in Naming Ceremony

Agency Report/ State-owned news agency AIB, today reported that gunmen stormed into a naming ceremony and killed eight people in…

2 years ago

Sankara: Burkina Faso’s Ex-president Compaore Gets Life Imprisonment

Agency Report/ A military tribunal today ruled that Burkina Faso’s former president Blaise Compaore be sentenced to life imprisonment for…

3 years ago

Sankara’s Murder: Burkina Faso’s Ex-president Compaore Gets Life Imprisonment

Reuters/ A military tribunal today ruled that Burkina Faso’s former president, Blaise Compaore, be sentenced to life imprisonment for complicity…

3 years ago

Blaise Compaoré, 13 Others to Face Trial for 1987 Assassination of Thomas Sankara

Pat Stevens/ Former president of Burkina Faso, Blaise Compaoré, Gilbert Diendéré and 12 others are to go on trial for…

4 years ago

Burkina Faso in Mourning after Bloody Jihadist Attacks that Killed 35

Agency Report/ Burkina Faso was in mourning Wednesday after jihadists killed 35 civilians, almost all of them women, in one…

5 years ago