Search results
Burkina Faso buries exhumed remains of murdered ex-leader Sankara
Reuters via Yahoo News· 1 year agoThe exhumed remains of Burkina Faso's beloved ex-president Thomas Sankara, whose 1987 murder shocked...
Iconic West African leader Sankara reburied in Burkina Faso
Associated Press via Yahoo News· 1 year agoBurkina Faso's revolutionary leader, Thomas Sankara, was reburied Thursday, eight years after his body was exhumed as part of an investigation. All the coffins were draped in Burkina Faso flags ...
Ex-Burkina Faso president Compaore apologises to family of slain predecessor
Reuters via Yahoo News· 2 years agoBurkina Faso's former president, Blaise Compaore, has apologised to the family of his late...
Burkina Faso's ousted ex-president Compaore returns for summit
Reuters via Yahoo News· 2 years agoBurkina Faso's ex-president Blaise Compaore returned from exile on Thursday, almost eight years...
Burkina Faso's ex-president Compaore to return for first time since ouster
Reuters via Yahoo News· 2 years agoOUAGADOUGOU (Reuters) -Former Burkina Faso president Blaise Compaore will return from exile for the...
Activists walk from Bamako to Ouagadougou to promote states' federation
Reuters via Yahoo News· 1 year agoA small group of activists have been walking from Mali's capital Bamako to Burkina Faso's capital...
Summit with ex-Burkina president Compaore hit by no-shows, protests
Reuters via Yahoo News· 2 years agoOUAGADOUGOU (Reuters) -Most of the Burkina Faso ex-presidents invited to a reconciliation summit...
Burkina Faso junta faced with protests over exiled ex-leader
Associated Press via Yahoo News· 2 years agoProtesters in Burkina Faso demonstrated Friday against the return of former President Blaise Compaore, as the ruling junta faltered in its efforts to hold a summit on the crisis of jihadi violence ...
The Green Wall project to restore the African Sahara is collapsing
The Independent via Yahoo News· 6 months agoThis article first appeared in our partner site, Independent Arabia Sixteen years after its launch,...
8 Countries Ruled by Military Dictatorship in 2023
Insider Monkey via Yahoo Finance· 7 months agoIn this article, we look at the 8 countries ruled by military dictatorship in 2023. You can skip our detailed analysis on the impact of authoritarianism...