Thomas Sankara – The legacy of a true African hero
The untimely death of Thomas Sankara was a big blow to many people across Africa, especially the Burkinabé people of Burkina Faso. Sankara has left a legacy difficult to emulate as a man whose vision for his people and for Africa has made him a hero and an icon for African unity, progress and prosperity. [...]
Soldiers call for an end to chaos in Burkina Faso
The recently appointed army chief in Burkina Faso, Gen. Nabere Honore Traore, has said that the new government will work to resolve the issues behind the military unrest that has plagued the impoverished West African country since last week. The Army Chief made the statement during a transfer-of-power ceremony that the government will resolve the crisis through dialogue. Traore said [...]
Soldiers go on the rampage in Burkina Faso as lawlessness grips the country
Shops and market stalls have been pillaged as soldiers with guns fire into the air while angry vendors set fire to the headquarters of the ruling party in Burkina Faso. Soldiers took to the streets of Ouagadougou overnight, firing wildly shortly after President Blaise Compaore dissolved his government and named a new army chief on Friday in a [...]
President Blaise Compaore has left the Burkina Faso capital amidst mutiny by his personal guard
OUAGADOUGOU, April 15, 2011 (AFP) – Burkina Faso’s veteran leader Blaise Compaore quit the capital in the dead of night on Friday after his own presidential guards mutinied following mass protests on the streets. The president, in power for the last 24 years, left Ouagadougou for his hometown Ziniare, some 30 kilometres (18 miles) north, as [...]
Blaise Compaore heads for Ivory Coast as five-man panel set out to mediate political impasse
NOUAKCHOTT, March 4, 2011 (AFP) – A panel of five African presidents will meet briefly in Mauritania before heading to Ivory Coast on Friday to mediate a political crisis which the United Nations warns may spiral into civil war. ”The five (presidents) will meet for two hours in Nouakchott before taking their flight to Abidjan,” a [...]
Blaise Compaore will attend AU panel meeting in Mauritania
ABUJA, February 27, 2011 (AFP) – Burkina Faso President Blaise Compaore said Sunday a high-level African Union panel tasked with finding a solution to the leadership crisis in Ivory Coast would meet in Mauritania next week. ”Next week, we are going to convene a meeting in Mauritania to see what could be the conclusions of the [...]
AU panel ignore threats on Compaore’s life by Gbagbo loyalists
ABIDJAN, February 22, 2011 (AFP) – Four African leaders met the Ivory Coast’s internationally recognised president Alassane Ouattara Tuesday to present proposals to end a deadly impasse with his rival, who refuses to step down. The South Africa government said the proposals centred on forming a power-sharing interim government to run the west African country until [...]
Blaise Compaore fights to hold on to power in Burkina Faso
The people of Burkina Faso went to the polls on Sunday to vote for what should be a new president in an election that the current Head of State, Blaise Compaore, has already secured victory for himself and is expected to win outright. In the past, Compaore has suppressed any legitimate opposition to his presidency [...]
Elections in Burkina Faso – Six candidates lined-up to defeat Blaise Compaore
The West African State of Burkina Faso will hold elections in November according to authorities in the country who made the announcement on Saturday. Blaise Compaore, the ruling president, will run against six other candidates in a race that he is expected to win easily. Compaore has ruled the West African country since 1991 and is [...]
