Tag: Blaise Compaore

Two senior allies of Burkina Faso's deposed former President Blaise Compaore and scores of others appeared in court accused of organising a...

A court in Burkina Faso on Thursday postponed the trial of former leader Blaise Compaore and his cabinet for their alleged role...

A court of appeals in Burkina Faso has rescinded a series of international arrest warrants, including those against deposed leader Blaise Compaore...

Burkina Faso's transitional council has indicted former president Blaise Compaore and some senior members of his government for high treason, the governing...

Africa is not a country. What might have been an excellent year for some was a disaster for others. For protesters in...

Burkina Faso's political transition is now underway. Michel Kafando, retired diplomat and former foreign minister, has been appointed interim President and Lieutenant-Colonel...

Burkina Faso's interim prime minister has pledged to open enquiries into the deaths of a revered former president and an investigative journalist...

Burkina Faso's longtime president Blaise Compaore, toppled by a popular uprising last month, has left his temporary refuge of Ivory Coast and...

Military, opposition parties, civil and religious leaders on Thursday adopted a charter creating the framework for a transitional government in Burkina Faso...

The dramatic ousting of former president Blaise Compaore by popular uprising in Burkina Faso last week, and the speed with which it...

Burkina Faso's army will quickly cede power to a transitional government and appoint a new head of state, the country's interim President...

Burkina Faso's army cleared thousands of protesters from the capital and opened fire at state TV headquarters on Sunday, killing one person,...

Thousands gathered on Sunday in the centre of Burkina Faso's capital to denounce what they called a military coup, two days after...

Burkina Faso's opposition parties and the African Union rejected the army's seizure of power in the West African country on Saturday after...

Burkina Faso's military backed a presidential guard officer on Saturday to lead a transitional government after the resignation of President Blaise Compaore,...

The head of Burkina Faso's armed forces took power on Friday after President Blaise Compaore resigned amid mass demonstrations against an attempt...

The vote on the controversial bill to change the Burkina Faso constitution to allow President Blaise Compaore to run for a third...

Hundreds of protesters marched in the capital of Burkina Faso on Friday demanding that President Blaise Compaore step down, a day after...

Hundreds of stone-throwing protesters clashed with police who fired teargas in the centre of Burkina Faso's capital Ouagadougou on Tuesday, Reuters witnesses...

Burkina Faso's President Blaise Compaore, the mediator in Ivory Coast's crisis, has publicly called on Ivorian President Laurent Gbagbo to quickly re-launch...

Burkina Faso will hold a presidential election on Nov. 21 this year, the West African country's government said on state television yesterday. President...