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 ...

Five years after the people of Burkina Faso rose up against Blaise Compaore, chasing him out of the nation he ruled with an iron fist for 27 years, dire living conditions are prompting nostalgia for ...

The president of Burkina Faso resigned on Friday after 27 years in power, abruptly swept from office by a popular revolt only to be immediately replaced by a cast of military leaders each claiming to ...

OUAGADOUGOU, Burkina Faso (AP) — Burkina Faso’s former President Blaise Compaore returned to the West African country Thursday, the first time since being ousted in a popular uprising eight years ago.

Sankara, an African folk hero, disappeared and is believed to have been killed during the 1987 coup that brought Compaore to power. Former President of Burkina Faso, Blaise Compaore, sits on stage to ...

OUAGADOUGOU (Reuters) - Political allies of Burkina Faso's deposed President Blaise Compaore suspended their participation in the country's transitional institutions on Thursday to protest ...

OUAGADOUGOU (Reuters) - Burkina Faso's President Blaise Compaore named himself to the post of defence minister in a move aimed at quelling army dissent and popular unrest in the West African state.