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Frank Timis’ Pan African Minerals awarded rights to the large Ta...

August 17, 2012 no comments

Pan African Minerals Limited (“PAM”), a subsidiary of the Timis Corporation, has been awarded the rights to the large Tambao Manganese deposit in Burkina Faso during a colourful ceremony on 11 August...

Thomas Sankara – The legacy of a true African hero

January 15, 2012 1 comment

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...

Blaise Compaore - Burkina Faso President

Soldiers call for an end to chaos in Burkina Faso

April 19, 2011 1 comment

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 impoveri...

Blaise Compaore - The ghost of Thomas Sankara has come to town

Soldiers go on the rampage in Burkina Faso as lawlessness grips the co...

April 16, 2011 no comments

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...

President Blaise Compaore has left the Burkina Faso capital amidst mut...

April 15, 2011 1 comment

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...

Blaise Compaore heads for Ivory Coast as five-man panel set out to med...

March 4, 2011 no comments

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 Natio...

President Blaise Compaore - Will attend AU panel meeting

Blaise Compaore will attend AU panel meeting in Mauritania

February 27, 2011 1 comment

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...

Blaise Compaore - Threats from Gbagbo loyalists

AU panel ignore threats on Compaore’s life by Gbagbo loyalists

February 22, 2011 no comments

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 w...

Blaise Compaore fights to hold on to power in Burkina Faso

November 22, 2010 2 comments

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 hims...

Elections in Burkina Faso – Six candidates lined-up to defeat Blaise C...

October 11, 2010 no comments

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 ru...