President of Burkina Faso, Blaise Compaore, sits on stage to support a commitment to stop poaching of African elephants at the Clinton Global Initiative (CGI) in New York in this September 26, 2013 ...

FILE PHOTO: President of Burkina Faso, Blaise Compaore at the Clinton Global Initiative in New York OUAGADOUGOU (Reuters) - A Burkina Faso court charged former President Blaise Compaore in absentia on ...

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The killing in 1998 of Norbert Zongo, who published Burkina Faso’s Independent newspaper, became a symbol of repression during Blaise Compaore’s 27-year rule, which ended in 2014 at the hands of a ...

A military tribunal sentenced former President Blaise Compaoré, who is now in exile, to life in prison for his role in the 1987 assassination. By Declan Walsh Thirty-five years after the killing of ...

FILE - Burkina Faso President Blaise Compaore speaks to the media after a meeting with France's President Francois Hollande at the Elysee Palace in Paris, Sept. 18, 2012. Compaore, who was ousted in a ...

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 ...

Ex-leader Blaise Compaore is on trial for the 1987 murder of Thomas Sankara, a revered revolutionary leader. Sankara's death coincided with a coup that installed Campaore in power for 27 years. Former ...

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.

After 27 years of Blaise Compaore, the people of Burkina Faso were set to wait patiently until November 2015. But Mr Compaore's attempt to force a constitutional change sparked near unanimous outrage.

A Burkina Faso court charged former President Blaise Compaore in absentia on Tuesday in connection with the 1987 murder of then-President Thomas Sankara, one of the most infamous killings in Africa’s ...