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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 ...

OUAGADOUGOU – A Burkina Faso military tribunal has sentenced ex-President Blaise Compaore to life imprisonment for complicity in the murder of his predecessor Thomas Sankara in 1987 and for ...

34 years after the events, a military court in Burkina Faso’s capital has indicted 14 people. Among them are former president Blaise Compaoré and his former chief of staff, General Gilbert Diendéré, ...

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.

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 ...

Burkina Faso's President Blaise Compaore has announced his resignation after political unrest Opposition protesters were angry at his attempts to extend his 27-year rule Armed forces chief General ...

NEW: Military says it backs Lt. Col. Isaac Yacouba Zida of the presidential security guard Two military officers had claimed presidential powers on Friday Burkina Faso President Blaise Compaore said ...

Reporting from Johannesburg, South Africa — Burkina Faso’s military chief took control of the country Friday after President Blaise Compaore bowed to popular anger and resigned, following his failed ...

RABAT (Reuters) - Burkina Faso's former president Blaise Compaore, who was toppled in a popular uprising last month, will stay in Morocco for a limited period after fleeing his country, the Moroccan ...