Burkina Faso's embattled President Blaise Compaore announced on Friday that he was stepping down to make way for elections after a violent uprising against his 27-year rule. His resignation came as ...

The southbound lanes of Interstate 35 are closed on Friday, March 13, 2026, due to a crash involving two 18-wheelers. Interstate 35 southbound closed in downtown area due to crash involving ...

OUAGADOUGOU, Burkina FasoOUAGADOUGOU, Burkina Faso — Burkina Faso’s former President Blaise Compaore returned to the West African country Thursday, the first time since being ousted in a popular ...

Bajekal was executive editor and international editor at TIME. Anti-government protesters gather in the Place de la Nation in Ouagadougou, capital of Burkina Faso, Oct. 31, 2014. Anti-government ...

Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. FILE PHOTO: Supporters of the late president Thomas Sankara gather at the his memorial site in Ouagadougou FILE PHOTO: Supporters ...

The trial for the alleged killers of Thomas Sankara began on 11 October, in front of a military tribunal in Ouagadougou. But although Blaise Compaoré, Gilbert Diendéré and Hyacinthe Kafando stand ...

OUAGADOUGOU, July 6 (Reuters) - Former Burkina Faso president Blaise Compaore will return from exile for the first time since being ousted in a 2014 uprising, Burkinabe authorities said on Wednesday, ...

Burkina Faso's former president Blaise Compaoré, sentenced in absentia to life in jail for the 1987 assassination of revolutionary icon Thomas Sankara, has apologised to the ex-leader's family. "I ask ...

Finally, a bit of fun. On 31 December 2018, Blaise Compaoré was invited to visit his close friend, Adama Toungara. A crowd awaits him in Alassane Ouattara’s adviser’s wealthy house in Cocody.

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