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Burkina Faso: Captain Thomas Sankara elevated to national hero status

YoopyaOct 15, 2023October 15, 20230

Burkina Faso’s transitional government on Wednesday elevated former president and father of Burkina Faso’s revolution, Thomas Sankara, to the status of ‘national hero’ in the

Burkina Faso junta faced with protests over exiled ex-leader

YoopyaJul 10, 2022April 6, 20230

Protesters in Burkina Faso demonstrated Friday against the return of former President Blaise Compaore, as the ruling junta faltered in its efforts to hold a

Key defendant in Burkina’s Sankara trial pleads not guilty

YoopyaNov 9, 2021June 13, 20230

General Gilbert Diendere, a key defendant in a trial over the 1987 assassination of Burkina Faso’s revolutionary leader Thomas Sankara, pleaded not guilty at the

Burkina Faso starts trial on killing of ex-leader Sankara

YoopyaOct 12, 2021June 13, 20230

A military court in Burkina Faso on Monday started the trial of 14 people including former President Blaise Compaore for the killing of influential leftist

After 34 years, Sankara murder trial begins in Burkina Faso

YoopyaOct 12, 2021June 13, 20230

The trial of 14 people accused of plotting the assassination of Burkina Faso’s former president Thomas Sankara started on Monday, 34 years after he was

Burkina issues warrant for ex-leader Compaore over Sankara murder

YoopyaJan 6, 2016June 30, 20230

Burkina Faso has issued an international arrest warrant for ousted leader Blaise Compaore in connection with the murder of former president Thomas Sankara nearly 30

Insight – While diplomats fret, Burkina backs military to drive reform agenda

YoopyaDec 4, 2014July 12, 20230

(Reuters) – When Colonel Isaac Zida swapped his military fatigues for a blue suit to chair his first cabinet meeting as prime minister of Burkina