Tag: Blaise Compaore

By John Ikani Burkina Faso held a ceremony on Thursday to re-bury the remains of former leader, Thomas Sankara, and ...

By John Ikani  The remains of President Thomas Sankara and his 12 companions will finally receive the dignified burial they ...

By John Ikani Burkina Faso's former president Blaise Compaoré has received a life sentence for his role in the assassination ...

By John Ikani A court in Burkina Faso has suspended the trial of the alleged killers of the revolutionary leader, ...

By Ebi Kesiena General Gilbert Diendere, a key defendant in a trial over the 1987 assassination of Burkina Faso's revolutionary ...

By Ebi Kesiena A former soldier admitted at a trial on Tuesday that he had helped transport a hit squad ...